I called around today and found a local spring shop that will de-arch it for
$30. I'm going to pull the spring again and let them do it and see about
some teflon strips between the ends to reduce friction. I didn't feel to
safe about a spacer anyway. Someone said something about cutting the ends
off of the second leaf to reduce binding, I guess this means to cut off the
part that loops around the bushing mount on the bottom spring. If I was to
do this how far in should I cut it?
MikeC
>Mike,
>The spring also serves to locate the top of the
>suspension uprights fore-aft. That's why there are
>links on the bottom of the uprights, but not the top.
>The spring sits in a slot machined into the top of the
>diff housing. This transfers the forces from the
>spring into the diff, and then to the chassis.
>A simple flat spacer will not keep the spring from
>'walking' under stress (heavy braking, cornering,
>acceleration, etc. i.e. the times you least want it to
>happen).
>
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