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Re: [Alpines] Sunbeam Alpine Rear Springs & Bushes

To: Allan Ballard <aballard@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: [Alpines] Sunbeam Alpine Rear Springs & Bushes
From: Ron Tebo <mrtebo@shaw.ca>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:45:27 -0600
Allan:

I would guess that the spring you describe has been mis-asembled by some 
previous owner, and this would have an effect on both arch and rebound 
rate. If you are having them re-arched as part of your prep, I think 
your spring pro wil correct this.

Ron Tebo


Allan Ballard wrote:

> While we are talking about Alpine leaf springs...a question .. ??
>
>I am in the process of prepping a pair of leaf springs I took off
>A SV parts car for use on my S IV.
>
>Nothing remarkable about the springs to comment upon, except that one
>Side has the leafs in the Long/shorter/shorter..../shortest order, and
>The other does not.
>
>The other spring has long, shorter, longer, shorter/shorter/shorter
>order, they don't
>Stack from longest to shortest the same way.
>
>Does that make any difference .. ??
>
>Any opinion on whether one spring was done differently at the Factory,
>or is that
>Most likely some weird thing a prior owner did?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Allan
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