[Healeys] Follow up to broken leaf spring

[Alan Seigrist]

Michael -

Do you have the ability to favor the driver's side if only one person in
the car?

Cheers,

Alan

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM Michael Salter <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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> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Jean Caron
> via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 27, 2025 7:59:37 PM
> *To:* Stephen Hutchings <s.hutchings at rogers.com>; Healeys <
> 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.
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> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Stephen
> Hutchings via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 27, 2025 5:58:22 PM
> *To:* Healeys <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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