Ron,
I had planned to install new bushings, clean and paint, but not to
re-arch the leaves.
So far as I know they are fine, just a bit rusty from being outdoors
on a parts car for
~ 20 years.
I've never dis-assembled and re-ordered leaf springs, but if the
brackets are not too hard to remove and
Reinstall...
Allan
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Tebo [mailto:mrtebo@shaw.ca]
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 7:45 AM
To: Allan Ballard
Cc: alpines
Subject: Re: [Alpines] Sunbeam Alpine Rear Springs & Bushes
Allan:
I would guess that the spring you describe has been mis-asembled by
some previous owner, and this would have an effect on both arch and
rebound rate. If you are having them re-arched as part of your prep, I
think your spring pro wil correct this.
Ron Tebo
Allan Ballard wrote:
> While we are talking about Alpine leaf springs...a question .. ??
>
>I am in the process of prepping a pair of leaf springs I took off A
SV
>parts car for use on my S IV.
>
>Nothing remarkable about the springs to comment upon, except that one
>Side has the leafs in the Long/shorter/shorter..../shortest order,
and
>The other does not.
>
>The other spring has long, shorter, longer, shorter/shorter/shorter
>order, they don't Stack from longest to shortest the same way.
>
>Does that make any difference .. ??
>
>Any opinion on whether one spring was done differently at the
Factory,
>or is that Most likely some weird thing a prior owner did?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Allan
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