You should be able to simply jack your vehicle into the
correct
position, take a measurement of the 'in place' arch.
Tell your spring guy the weight on the vehicle rear end and
he should be able to work magic for you.
Paul Tegler ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Templeton" <davidt@opentext.com>
To: "'SPIT6CGT6@egroups.com'" <SPIT6CGT6@yahoogroups.com>;
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 7:02 PM
Subject: [SPIT6CGT6] Rear spring modification.
> I noticed the rear spring of the spitsix is suddenly
sagging more than
> normal. So now I am considering getting a local spring
shop to build me a
> new spring. I had them build a new spring and added a
leaf for my old
> pickup so I know they do a really good job.
>
> So my first question is, when re-arching what is the
height at the center of
> the completed spring supposed to be?
>
> My second question is has anybody combine 2 springs to
create a stiffer one?
> If you look at the spring from the side and number then 1
to 5 with 1 being
> the largest one. Could you build a spring like 1-2-2-3-3?
This is after
> re-arching of course. Would it too stiff?
>
> Always working on something
> David A. Templeton
> '74 spitsix
>
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