<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">For what it's worth, Benz Sping in Portland, OR will make any spring you want. It used to be silly cheap compared to the alternatives, but I haven’t used them for decades. I had front springs for Peyote that ranged in 20 pound increments. I’ve still got a bunch of them though I gave the current caretaker most of my parts. I also had rear leaf springs made one, easy folks to work with, even for dinky jobs like mine. <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 20, 2025, at 7:51 AM, rocky spitfire4.com via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Are we talking the camber compensator for the Spitfire that has a middle mounting bolted to the bottom three bolts of the differential?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The scariest moment I ever had in my 1964 Spitfire, back when it was my daily driver (ca. 1967), was when my diff locked up as I was passing a semi on I-35 in Kansas City. I barely got the car over to the shoulder without getting run over, then spent six hours on the roadside waiting for AAA to send me a tow truck! (That’s when I decided not to renew my AAA membership, but I digress).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Turned out the middle mounting on that camber compensator had broken off the sections on the two end bolts because of the constant flexing on it, so only the middle bolt was holding it in place. The constant action on that one bolt eventually made the round bolt hole oval shaped, and all the diff fluid drained out. A dry diff really doesn’t work all that well.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I drove the car without a CC for a few years, then gave it to my brother (who’s a mechanic) to turn into a race car, He came up with a solution which I understand originated with Volkswagen owners to address the Beetle’s swing-axle issues.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">He tied a cable to the bottom shock mount, ran it up to a pulley attached to the top shock mount, then across to the same setup on the other side.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span id="cid:image001.jpg@01DB9991.C2C1F3C0"><image001.jpg></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The biggest modification was to take that big bolt at the top of the shock, drill and tap it through the head to take a shouldered 1/4-inch bolt which becomes the hub for the pulley. Not shown, a simple retainer over the top of the pulley to prevent the cable from jumping off.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">He did that in 1971. He raced the car for three years, then I got it back and raced and autocrossed it through 2011. In all that time, 40 years, I replaced the cable just once.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Since it was going on a race car, we jacked the rear suspension as high as we could (filled the trunk with heavy stuff while the car was on jackstands, then sat someone in the trunk while we attached the cable) which both lowered the car and stiffened the ride. I later bought another ’64 Spit as a street car and did the same trick, but let the suspension droop more so it was softer for street use (I also didn’t autocross that car). On that one I found a pulley that came with a shroud, didn’t need the retainer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">It works as a camber compensator without that evil spring. The swing axle doesn’t swing any more. Both rear wheels remain constant with each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I’ve given this design to several other drivers. One came up with a clever trick – he cut an opening in the diff tunnel under the gas tank (which also provides nice access to the bolts holding the spring to the top of the diff). Then he installed a turnbuckle in the cable at that location. Adjustable suspension! Cheap and easy. And IMHO safer.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">—Rocky Entriken<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(225, 225, 225) currentcolor currentcolor; border-image: none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Fot <<a href="mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">fot-bounces@autox.team.net</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>JOE CURRY via Fot<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, March 20, 2025 10:02 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>FOT Triumph <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">fot@autox.team.net</a>>; ralph hansen <<a href="mailto:quikrx@yahoo.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">quikrx@yahoo.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Fot] in search of<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been that way for years. It became impossible for me to market them at the price that I knew was affordable for most Spitfire owners. Therein lies the rub!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good luck.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joe<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div><div id="yahoo_quoted_2700663346"><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">On Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 07:48:44 AM MST, ralph hansen via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div id="yiv0527876111"><div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">I'm looking for a leaf spring manufacturer to make up about 25 single leaf springs. Preferably close to Milwaukee but just about anywhere might work. Must do good work and be reliable. These springs would be for the TR camber compensators. Doing some shopping around since one I've used has doubled the cost in 5 years. Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">Ralph <o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">_______________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">fot@autox.team.net</a><br><br><a href="http://www.fot-racing.com/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; 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