[TR] RE TR4A - Rear Suspension Update

[Dave]

Yes.  It was common practice to move the spring spacer from the passenger side to the driver side.  The spacers are simply very short lengths of spring material.  I believe this was done at the dealership once a customer brought up the issue of the car not sitting flat.  Kas mentioned this to me.  TR 2 and 3 as well.  Of course, an IRS car would need a different type of spacer.  I've seen this on a few sets of TR3 springs.  One was from my race car that was originally sold from Cal Sales where Kas worked.  
Dave H.

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> On Sep 11, 2019, at 8:11 AM, Rich White <rlwhitetr3b at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It seems to me that a long long time ago someone said the driver's side should sit a little higher without any occupants so that it is level when there is only the driver.
> 
> I do not remember who said it or about what TR, but I assume it was on this list.
> 
> Rich White Central, IL USA 
> '63 TR3B TCF###L 
> That ain't a scrap pile, that is my car! 
> 
> From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of G.D. Huggins <gdhuggins at genfiniti.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 9, 2019 1:53 PM
> To: Triumph Mailing List <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [TR] TR4A - Rear Suspension Update
>  
> All,
> 
> For all those following along at home, I installed the rebuilt “heavy duty” Apple Hydraulics lever shocks on Saturday, with new shock links, being careful to not torque everything down until the suspicion was properly “loaded".  From the advice you all provided, I kept the road springs I had.
> 
> Although I did not take them somewhere to learn what their strengths were, I did measure their heights as:
> 
> 11 7/16”
> 11 9/16”
> 
> So they are within 1/8” of being the same height, and the ride height looks great.
> Driving test was MUCH improved, so I’ll keep the springs for now.
> 
> Thank you to everyone who offered input.
> 
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Guy D. Huggins
> gdhuggins at genfiniti.com
> 817.454.6415
> 
> 
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