[Spits] Rear spring GT6

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In a message dated 12/25/2008 8:15:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
red_tr250 at yahoo.com writes:

...don't  mind goin' back to the current spring, but my
issue is the serious negative  camber on the driver
side(right hand drive).  I suspected it was due  to a
worn out spring? ....Oh and
apparently there's a spacer on the  driver side on the
front spring...to compensate for the driver?  Is  this
true?
 
==AM==
There should not be a spacer on the driver's side front spring on a  
right-hand drive car. It appeared on left-hand drive cars because of the  presumed 
weight of a driver PLUS the weight of the gas in the tank, which also  is on the 
left side of the car (regardless of driver position). On the other  hand, 
someone might have put in that spacer a long time ago, to try to  compensate for 
this excessive right-side REAR camber problem you mention...in  which case 
something weird definitely is going on. Of course, it might just be  that whatever 
spring currently is in the back of the car is a worn-out  Spitfire-spec.swing 
spring? Otherwise, I don't recall ever seeing a fixed-spring  GT6 of any rear 
suspension configuration develop serious neg. camber on either  side short of 
a broken spring or other damaged or twisted bits!  

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