[Healeys] Follow up to broken leaf spring

[Michael Salter]

I bought the air springs on Amazon. They ar relatively inexpensive.  (Pic attached). They are used for the aor ride on highway tractors.
Of course I have a fairly well equiped shop to make up the adaptor plates but that was fairly simple.
For the air system I used 1/4"  push to connect and located a bulkhead fitting type Schrader valve in the tool tray of the 100.

M


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From: Stephen Hutchings <s.hutchings at rogers.com>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2025 11:40:27 AM
To: Michael Oritt <michael.oritt at gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Salter <michael.salter at gmail.com>; Jean Caron <vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com>; Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Follow up to broken leaf spring

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

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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

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Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2025 5:58:22 PM
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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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