morning ...
thanks for the help. i pulled on of the rear wheels off late yesterday
evening and had a closer look at the rear spring. it looks to me like
the spring has been shimmed: there is a spacer between the bottom most
leaf, and the one above it. i guess i'll pull the spring this weekend
and have a closer look at it. does anyone know the specs on the nyloc
nuts i'll need to replace? i'd like to have replacements on hand before
i start the job.
if i need to have work done on the spring at a spring shop, how do i
specify the spring specs to the shop?
again, muchos gracias to andy and the list!
-- m
On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, Andrew Mace wrote:
>
> I feared you might actually have meant postive camber. It's VERY unusual
> on a Spitfire 1500. I wonder if you even have the correct spring, or if
> someone has put in an earlier Spitfire (1970 or before) spring, which, in
> some cases, can give you a bit of positive camber. Of if someone has
> shimmed up the swing-spring, or????
>
> Either way, this really isn't very good for the Spitfire. I wonder what's
> going on back there? If the spring sits in sort of a "box" held down by
> four studs on the top of the differential, it's probably a correct
> spring, and I'm therefore at a loss to guess what's going on. If it
> doesn't look like what I just described, and/or if there is just a plate
> on top of the spring, held down by four (or six) studs, then you've got
> an early-style spring.
>
> Let me know; you've piqued my curiousity!
>
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