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RE: Rear Axle Length

To: "'Andrew Mace'" <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Subject: RE: Rear Axle Length
From: "Gambony, Jim" <jim.gambony@eds.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 10:11:02 -0500
Andy,

While we're on the subject, are the transverse "swing" springs all the same,
or did were they also changed the same time as the axles?  I ask because
apparently the Mk IV  had the shorter axles but the swing spring.  None of
the parts suppliers distinguish between the springs (Mk IV vs 1500).


Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Mace [SMTP:amace@unix2.nysed.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 9:16 AM
> To:   Vic Whitmore
> Cc:   Spitfires Maillist
> Subject:      Re: Rear Axle Length
> 
> On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Vic Whitmore wrote:
> 
> > I need a quick confirmation that the rear axle shafts for a 76 Spitfire
> > are the same length for left and right sides.  I know that older models
> > had 1" shorter shafts but someone is trying to tell me that left and
> > right are different. 
> 
> Vic, you are correct! Axles should be the same length on each side. The
> change was in the 1973 model year.
> 
> --Andy
> 
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