[TR] TR4A - Need Advice on Road Springs

[DAVID MASSEY]

 A friend of mine used to wrench on an MG Midget that was raced on a road course.  He said they filled the shocks with STP. 
 
Dave 

 
 
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From: dave <dave at ranteer.com>
To: triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thu, Sep 5, 2019 12:47 pm
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4A - Need Advice on Road Springs

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Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2019 9:58 AM
To: terryrs at comcast.net; gdhuggins at genfiniti.com; triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4A - Need Advice on Road Springs  I did not try changing the fluid that was put in by the rebuilder.  It was probably standard fork oil.  A heavier oil may have made the difference but I never got a roundtuit.  Dave     -----Original Message-----
From: TERRY SMITH <terryrs at comcast.net>
To: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com>; gdhuggins <gdhuggins at genfiniti.com>; triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thu, Sep 5, 2019 9:32 am
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4A - Need Advice on Road SpringsHi, Dave.  Just curious.  What was the fluid you ran in the rebuilt shocks that didn't dampen as well as you'd like?  And what do you recommend?  (I've been using Harley fork fluid, seems to work fine enough but maybe could be better.)
On September 2, 2019 at 6:26 AM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote: I agree with Mark and Jerry.  Since you have shocks on order put those in first and then make a determination as to whether you need new springs or not.  BTW, I sent off a set of shocks to Apple for the "Heavy Duty" rebuild and was quite disappointed in the result.  The damping was inadequate.  This was many years ago and they may have sorted this out since then.  I have more recently (like last year) had a pair (may have been the same pair) reworked by World Wide Auto Parts in Madison (http://www.nosimport.com/) with much better results.  Peter up there knows Triumphs.   Dave     -----Original Message----- 
From: G.D. Huggins <gdhuggins at genfiniti.com> 
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Sent: Sun, Sep 1, 2019 9:45 pm 
Subject: [TR] TR4A - Need Advice on Road Springs All,   After almost eight years of driving bliss, with just under 18K miles, it's time to replace what I suspect are the original road springs. The car has gotten way too bouncy, especially in the rear.  Take a curve on a rough road, and it rear steers something awful. losing its contact with the road, as if the spring is not forcing the wheel back down quickly enough. As far as shocks go, I’ve got Spax adjustable up front, and just ordered some heavy duty Armstrongs from Apple Hydraulics for the rear.   I’ve gotten into some research, and everything seems to be pointing toward three grades of stiffness; original, uprated and competition. I am leaning toward the “uprated” variety to stiffen the ride, but I want to keep stock height to not effect wheel camber.   Any experienced-based suggestions?   Thanks in advance.     Cheers,   Guy D. Huggins 1965 Triumph TR4A CTC 63569LO   Online project diary at http://www.genfiniti.com/triumph     ** triumphs at autox.team.net ** 

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