Lots of people have had to replace their rear spring because it was sagging.
I'm sure one of them would have sold the old one cheap...
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 10:47 AM 4/30/2005 -0700, Joe Curry wrote:
>And if cost was the motivation, I made a 1" aluminum spacer out of
>scrap and it cost absolutely nothing! :)
>
>Joe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net
>[mailto:spitfires-owner@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Andre Rousseau
>Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 5:09 AM
>To: List Spit
>Subject: Re: redrilled rear vertical links
>
>I think it would have been safer to put a spacer under the spring?
>
>A.
>
>on 4/30/05 1:12 AM, Joe Curry at spitlist@cox.net wrote:
>
>> Larry,
>> I understand your motivation in redrilling the uprights, but I have to
>> say I would never even consider doing that. It changes the geometry
>of
>> the rear suspension because it moves the upper control element (the
>> spring) closer to the lower control element (the axle). Without doing
>> any calculations, I am thinking that can't be good.
>>
>> Joe
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