Shocks (unless they are Gas shocks) won't do anything to 'support'
the weight of the car.
I just replaced the rear spring in my '78 last week. The lean is gone when
viewed from outside the car.
Sitting in the drivers seat, I believe a little lean is still there.
There are front spring spacers that can be added that will fully remove the
lean.
On GT6's since the gas tank is on the driver's side on US version (on UK
versions
the driver and tank would have been on opposite sides..canceling each other
out)
It wasn't uncommon to find a donut shaped spacer at the top of the front
left spring
to counter the weight setting.
Paul Tegler
1973 MGBGT - daily driver
1980 Spitfire - in re-hab
1978 Spitfire - in superb Shape
wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Ambrose <tambrose@tir.com>
To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, September 11, 1999 11:32 AM
Subject: Spit rear sag
>
>My Spit (like so many others) has a definite lean toward the driver side of
>the car. I've looked at the archives at it appears that some have attempted
>a fix with air shocks and others have replaced the rear spring. Well, I
>replaced the rear spring with another used one and it reduced the sag by
>about 1/2. I do have a third spring installed in my parts car which is
>level.
>
>But my question is (before I go through this again): Has anybody with this
>malady, just replaced the shocks and cured the problem? I mean regular
>shocks. I do have a set of Spax on the parts car.
>
>Tom
>Michigan (Battle of Brits tomorrow near Detroit!)
>
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