Joe Curry asked:
>
> I am in the process of rebuilding the front suspension on the GT6
> chassis that I am using on my race car project and noticed something
> very odd.
>
> The right spring is longer than the left one. To make up the difference
> in spring height, an aluminum spacer is on top of the spring under the
> riser where it mounts.
>
> Is this pretty common? Is this a factory thing? Or is this some DPO
> thing that I will have to set straight?
>
Hi Joe..
I don't know specifically about the GT6, but during the run of certain
series, an original spring length was sometimes replaced by a shorter spring
length and a spacer. Obviously the spacer was necessary to maintain the ride
height. If GT6's used this, maybe in your case a single spring was replaced
early in the life of the car, but after the change in spring length. I have
not seen one of each on any original cars...but that doesn't mean that an
error wasn't made at the factory during a change over in spring type (Again,
that is IF GT6's ever did have a change in spring length.)
Cheers
Keith
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