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1. Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Zahid Ahsanullah" <zahid.ahsanullah@ieee.org>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:01:57 -0500; GlacierMy 1980 Spitfire has always leaned on the driver side and over the years I have become used to it. I notice that most spitfires also lean on this side. So what's the story? Can it easily be fi; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00151.html (7,630 bytes)
2. RE: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@COX.NET>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:32:43 -0700; GlacierMy 1980 Spitfire has always leaned on the driver side and over the years I have become used to it. I notice that most spitfires also lean on this side. So what's the story? Can it easily be fi; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00152.html (8,264 bytes)
3. RE: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:48:15 +0100; While I have a great deal of respect for Joe's knowledge and skills with a Spitfire, his answer seems to contradict my engineering understanding of Spit swing-spring suspension. Surely the point abou; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00154.html (9,343 bytes)
4. RE: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@COX.NET>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:05:32 -0700; The fact that only the bottom leaf is firmly attached to the diff is what accounts for the lean. Since all the weight of each side is supported by that single leaf, the driver's weight tends to dist; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00155.html (10,074 bytes)
5. RE: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Craig Smith" <csmith1@awcwire.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 12:07:49 -0400; The reason the thing sags is due to the driver eating to much and drinking mass quantities of BEER! Period! Richard, The fact that only the bottom leaf is firmly attached to the diff is what accounts; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00156.html (8,354 bytes)
6. Re: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 12:15:43 -0400; Joe Curry replied: My admittedly unscientific observation over the years has been that the dreaded "sag" from swing-springs generally does NOT occur in the MkIV Spitfires or even those early (1973); /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00158.html (9,404 bytes)
7. RE: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Gosling, Richard B" <Richard.Gosling@atkinsglobal.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:20:49 +0100; ..."all the weight of each side is supported by that single leaf"... Surely all the weight of each side is also taken by the front springs and by the sway-bar at the front. Unless the chassis is actu; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00159.html (9,168 bytes)
8. Re: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 12:29:57 -0400; Well, heck, that's why I asked! :-) Seriously, that's good to know. Maybe there's something else at work here? Could it be more a factor of the wider track from 1973 on? --Andy Mace; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00160.html (8,302 bytes)
9. Re: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: ZoboHerald@aol.com; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 12:30:15 -0400; Well, heck, that's why I asked! :-) Seriously, that's good to know. Maybe there's something else at work here? Could it be more a factor of the wider track from 1973 on? --Andy Mace; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00161.html (8,389 bytes)
10. RE: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:54:51 +0100; In my experience, the rear spring is rarely the cause of leaning to the drivers side, though I can think of one or two instances where it has proven to be the case. In most instances the lean is cau; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00162.html (9,620 bytes)
11. RE: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@COX.NET>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:57:23 -0700; Did it lean to the left or the right? I recall a discussion a while ago that sort of concluded that the UK cars lean to the right and the LHD cars lean to the left. This would certainly point to the; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00163.html (10,342 bytes)
12. RE: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@COX.NET>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:31:24 -0700; 1500, Well, heck, that's why I asked! :-) Seriously, that's good to know. Maybe there's something else at work here? Could it be more a factor of the wider track from 1973 on? Andy, I am sure that pl; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00164.html (9,375 bytes)
13. RE: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:45:04 +0100; Only one at the moment, but my comments were directed at my experience of swing spring cars, not Spitfires/Heralds in general - plenty of all types owned over the years, and lots of work done on fri; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00165.html (9,097 bytes)
14. RE: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: Terry Thompson <firespiter@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:57:56 -0700 (PDT); I just did a swap on my 1500 this past weekend to a fixed spring. I just bought a new transverse leaf spring about 4 years ago and it had just started to sag. I was told by the shop back then "You do; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00166.html (9,883 bytes)
15. Re: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: doug@dougbraun.com; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:42:50 -0400; Step 1: Jack up the rear of the car, with the jack exactly in the middle of the diff. If it still leans, the problem is obviously not caused by the rear suspension. Step 2: Jack up the front of the c; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00167.html (8,786 bytes)
16. Re: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: thomas309@aol.com; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:36:36 EDT; http://flex-a-form.com/ I've had my eye on this for a few years but, I had already replaced with a new stock spring. See what you guys think. Tom; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00169.html (8,065 bytes)
17. Re: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: Garry Hamblin <garry_hamblin@mac.com>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:46:12 -0600; That is one very good solution, but I had this exact same thing happen on the '74 Spitfire I used to have. Had a distinct list to port. Changed the spring at the back, springs at the front, had the a; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00170.html (9,591 bytes)
18. RE: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@COX.NET>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 19:06:01 -0700; I wasn't aware of any other car that used that technology. Joe 'Spitfires' Only one at the moment, but my comments were directed at my experience of swing spring cars, not Spitfires/Heralds in genera; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00174.html (8,691 bytes)
19. Re: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:42:56 -0500; I've seen this subject debated several times since I got on the spitlist 2 or 3 years ago. The various opinions remain the same. Front springs vs rear springs, fixed springs vs swing springs etc. Has; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00175.html (7,985 bytes)
20. RE: Driver side lean (score: 1): Author: "Bill Davies" <bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:38:15 +0100; OK - attempt number three to clarify this. I am not talking about Spitfires and Heralds with the fixed centre spring, I am talking specifically about Spitfires (and modified Heralds) fitted with the; /html/spitfires/2004-04/msg00185.html (8,589 bytes)

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