[TR] L means what?

[Karl Vacek]

Revington offers several different lengths in the same spring-rate (for the 
fronts anyway) so it's quite possible to make a set of "compensated" front 
springs.  And they have the aluminum spacer for the rear, too - at least for 
TR4's.

Karl


>> Are you sure the springs on a TR3 are "handed" ? They do not have 
>> separate
>> part numbers and come (from Moss at least) as a pair with no indication 
>> of
>> sidedness.
>
> Yup, I'm sure, at least for the later cars (like Paul's).
>
> At commission number TS26904 (according to the SPC), the passenger side 
> rear
> spring was changed to P/N 303306 while the driver's side stayed 301017.
> http://tinyurl.com/5doooo
>
> Visually at least, the only difference in the new passenger side spring is
> the addition of a very short leaf that acts as a spacer between the main
> leaf and axle, plus ISTR a longer center bolt to accommodate the increased
> thickness.  But the SPC lists a different main leaf as well ... perhaps 
> it's
> a kit that includes the spacer & bolt?
>
> The story I recall is that the spacer was added to lower the passenger 
> side
> of the car slightly; to meet some odd race requirement that the car be 
> level
> "as raced" without a passenger.  But I don't recall where I read that
> offhand, and I might be mistaken about that part.
>
> Of course the car will handle just fine without the spacer; so I don't 
> blame
> Moss (et al) for not supplying it.  It's amazing to me that one can even 
> buy
> rear springs for a 50 year old car, even without a spacer that most people
> don't know exists (and is easy enough to fabricate).
>
> But, we were talking about how the factory assembled the cars, and they 
> put
> in the spacer.
>
> BTW, the Moss catalog also doesn't mention the P/N 208636 and 208637 
> springs
> fitted to early TR4.  Anyone know the difference?  The supersessions shown
> by TRF and Revington do not appear to have been factory-blessed; at least
> they don't appear in my list apparently published some time after 1966.
>
> Randall