Dennis, Unfortunately, it is "the nature of the beast". Your sag is due to the inherently bad design of the swing-spring rear suspension used on the Spits. The longer axles put a greater load on the weaker springs and will inevitably cause the sag you are witnessing.
You can treat the symptom by replacing the shocks with gas charged ones of Corvette style air bags as some people have done. Or you can eliminate the problem by replacing the spring with a fixed spring from an earlier (Mk1-3) Spit. If you do this, you will probably need to install a camber compensator to prevent the resulting wheel tuck. The swing spring was used to eliminate the wheel tuck but with it came the problem you are seeing as well as reduced roll stiffness and the accompanying additional body roll in turns. Regards, Joe Curry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Reese Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 8:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: sagging rear/advice Greetings, My '77 Spit has a pronounced driver's side sag in the rear. Fixing it is next on my list and I'm wondering if new shocks will take care of it (recommendations? - I'm doing that anyway regardless) or do I need to replace the spring? Thanks, Dennis Reese Arlington, WA Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html === This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register === http://www.vtr.org === Help keep Team.Net on the air === http://www.team.net/donate.html === unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try === http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool === Other lists available at === http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo === Archives at http://www.team.net/archive === http://www.team.net/the-local === Edit your replies!
