[Healeys] Differential Installation

[Kees Oudesluijs]

Don´t jack up the spring, can be dangerous. Jack up the car.

Kees Oudesluijs


Op 6-6-2019 om 04:29 schreef Michael MacLean:
> OK, so I am very familiar with Bugeyes.  It is no problem attaching 
> the differential to a quarter elliptical leaf spring.  Today I 
> finished the installation of the leaf springs on my BN2 and with the 
> help of my son we muscled the differential (with the pumpkin) kind of 
> in place above the two frame rails.  Excuse my ignorance, but what is 
> the procedure to bring the attachment point on the axle in contact 
> with the center of the leaf spring?  As it sits right now I am having 
> a tough time figuring this out.  Do I jack up the center of the leaf 
> spring with a jack until the u-bolt can get the nuts started?  When I 
> got this basket case, the rear end was held in with a come-a-long  and 
> the leaf springs were gone, by just cutting them off with a torch.  No 
> experience here guys.  Just a suggestion or two would be great.
> Mike MacLean
>
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