I used some thick Teflon washers I found at Home Depot. They seem to last longer than rubber.
Joe -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Stull Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 7:09 AM To: Spitfire list Subject: Re: [Spits] Rear Leaf Spring Are these bushings the little rubber discs that are between the leaves at either end of the spring? Yes Are they actually available? Found them on E-Bay. How long could a piece of rubber or plastic last, being rubbed between two spring leaves like that? Probably not that long, but I'm going to find out. Greg 1978 Spitfire 1500 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Braun" <[email protected]> To: "Spitfire list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 9:26 PM Subject: Re: [Spits] Rear Leaf Spring > Are these bushings the little rubber discs that are between the leaves at > either end of the spring? Are they actually available? I have never > taken my spring apart, and I always assumed that the bushings completely > disintegrated years and years ago. How long could a piece of rubber or > plastic last, being rubbed between two spring leaves like that? > > Doug Braun > '72 Spit > > --- On Fri, 10/30/09, Greg Stull <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Greg Stull <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Spits] Rear Leaf Spring >> To: "Spitfire Group" <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, October 30, 2009, 4:27 PM >> Note: I replied to Roger's post and >> the list, but it didn't get through. Or at >> least I didn't get it. So here it is again. If you get two >> messages that's >> why. >> >> Greg > _______________________________________________ > > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > You are subscribed as [email protected] > > [email protected] > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires > > http://www.team.net/archive You are subscribed as [email protected] [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html You are subscribed as [email protected] [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
