Anyone wishing to restore the swing-spring from a MkIV or 1500 will probably have the same experience. This is because the springs are inherently weak to start with and will ultimately start sagging much sooner than the springs in the earlier Spitfires. It is just "the nature of the beast"
Replacing them with new ones will solve the problem but it will sooner or later come back. My 2 cents worth, Joe -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stuart Greenwood Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:32 PM To: [email protected] Cc: spitfires Subject: [Spits] Rear spring I took my rear spring apart during my restoration and cleaned the leafs up and fitted new buttons but it's not a success. The leafs were too tired. restoring them like you intend will be fruitless unless you are sure the leafs are OK. Really the only way to tell is if the car bottomed on the bump rubber when going over a slight bump in the road with two up. I would say forget restoring them if this occurs. As to the FRONT mark my memory is a bit hazy but I think that this is on the main leaf.. the one that has the eyes for the rubber bushes. Front means to the front of the car of course. The other leaves I beleive can be fitted either way round. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
