[Spits] Rear spring

[Joe Curry]

Anyone wishing to restore the swing-spring from a MkIV or 1500 will probably
have the same experience.  This is because the springs are inherently weak
to start with and will ultimately start sagging much sooner than the springs
in the earlier Spitfires.  It is just "the nature of the beast"

Replacing them with new ones will solve the problem but it will sooner or
later come back.

My 2 cents worth,
Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Stuart Greenwood
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:32 PM
To: parrotthead01 at comcast.net
Cc: spitfires
Subject: [Spits] Rear spring

I took my rear spring apart during my restoration and cleaned the leafs up
and
fitted new buttons but it's not a success. The leafs were too tired.
restoring
them like you intend will be fruitless unless you are sure the leafs are OK.
Really the only way to tell is  if the car bottomed on the bump rubber when
going over a slight bump in the road with two up. I would say forget
restoring
them if this occurs.  As to the FRONT mark my memory is a bit hazy but I
think
that this is on the main leaf.. the one that has the eyes for the rubber
bushes. Front means to the front of the car of course. The other leaves I
beleive can be fitted either way round.