[TR] TR4 Spring Liners

[Lee&John Howard]

Thank you Andrew and Randall.
I don't detect much enthusiasm for the liners so I'll save myself that
effort. Instead, I'm taking advantage of the Moss sale and going with new
ones. The car does have over 200,000 miles so should be due. Also, the
garage situation is such that I have to do one side at a time, making it
impossible to line the old springs up against each other to check for
equivalence. And the new rust-free black will be pretty.
John

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> > I'm about to undertake a rear suspension overhaul and remember a
> > discussion about adding liners to the leaves, as seen here
> > <https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Leaf-Spring-Liner-with-Lip-1-3-4-
> > Inch,2079.html> . Can you share your experiences and thoughts about
> adding
> > the liners? They are not expensive, so the question is whether or not
> they
> > are worth the trouble.
>
> Been kind of a long messy story for me; I'm still not sure what to think.
>
> Long time ago, I talked to a local spring shop about adding liners to the
> front leaf springs in my motorhome, and was told they did not recommend it.
> They claimed it would lead to the springs breaking and instead recommended
> adding a leaf.  I was not pleased with the result, it did nothing to
> improve
> the ride.  But I never went back and tried the liners on it.
>
> Years later, I added liners to the rear springs on my TR3A and it made a
> big
> difference in ride.  But, the original springs were pretty badly rusted
> between the leaves and of course I cleaned up all the rust, painted and so
> on, so perhaps not a fair comparison.  Never noticed any trouble; but years
> later when parting out the wreck, I discovered a broken leaf.
>
> Did the same thing on my current TR3 in 2009 or so.  In 2015, part of the
> spring fell out on the pavement!
> https://i.imgur.com/VyCT6aK.jpg
>
> After discovering that the new springs I bought were way too stiff; I
> installed another pair of original springs without liners, and now they are
> badly sagged and I strongly suspect have another broken leaf (or two).
>
> So, all the broken leaves may have more to do with how and where I drive
> (my
> route home from work was extremely rough and I often wore out the bump
> stops) or maybe just with the age of original springs.
>
> But my next set (thanks, Joe!) will be going in without the liners.
>
> -- Randall
>
>
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