[Healeys] Follow up to broken leaf spring

[Stephen Hutchings]

Hi Michael,

That is really interesting- I’m sure we all want to hear more details.
You really do have a twenty first century Healey 100 !

Stephen BJ8

> On Jul 28, 2025, at 10:42 AM, Michael Oritt <michael.oritt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael--
> 
> That's very interesting.  Can you provide any information re brand and model?
> 
> Best--Michael Oritt
> 
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM Michael Salter <michael.salter at gmail.com <mailto:michael.salter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> I may have mentioned this previously but, having struggled to achieve a satisfactory spring camber and rate for my 100 I have installed air springs (pic with wheel off) which cannot be seen without removing a rear wheel or looking in through the battery compartment lid. 
>> 10 p.s.i. for 1 passenger and 25 p.s.i. for 2 passengers and a full load in the boot produces a consistent ride height with no bottoming out.
>> Highly recommended. 
>> 
>> M
>> 
>> From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net>> on behalf of Jean Caron via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2025 7:59:37 PM
>> To: Stephen Hutchings <s.hutchings at rogers.com <mailto:s.hutchings at rogers.com>>; Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>>
>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Follow up to broken leaf spring
>>  
>> Stephen,
>> I know you mention  that you would wait for the rear end to settle and it likely will. Having said that, Mark Baker, former owner of Sport & Specialty restoration of Durand, Illinois would remove the shortest spring, the bottom one for about a year, until the rear had settled, and the reinstall it. Usually it did the trick, I guess it also depends how much driving one does in a year.
>> 
>> Jean
>> 
>> Sent from my Bell Samsung device over Canada’s largest network.
>> From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net>> on behalf of Stephen Hutchings via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2025 5:58:22 PM
>> To: Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>>
>> Subject: [Healeys] Follow up to broken leaf spring
>>  
>> Well, I’ve put my new leaf springs on and I find, just as I feared I would, that it's a little high at the back.
>> I’ve been advised to have patience and I should find they settle down somewhat. 
>> I will give it some time, but as I mentioned before I find a lot of BJ8s look as though they’ve been kicked up the backside, and now I’ve got one.
>> If it doesn’t settle down by itself, I think I’ll use the lowering block method rather than removing leaves. It’s a pretty simple principle and the springs stay at the same rating.
>> 
>> I went to watch my brother race in vintage events at Mosport Park and I realized, answering questions about my car, that I’ve owned it for fifty years now.
>> I bought it when I was 19 and it did not look like it does now, but my wife says she misses the days when it was just an old sports car and I didn’t care where I parked it!
>> 
>> Stephen, BJ8
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