On Wed, 14 May 2003, at around 14:50:51 local time, Bob Greene
<rgreene@whoi.edu> wrote:
>Hi All:
> I am just about done with the resto on my wife's 73 Spitfire. I just
>noticed that the drivers side sits lower than the passenger side?
>Am I on the right track?
God knows. Leaning Spit Syndrome is an affliction with multiple
possible causes: duff rear spring, bent chassis, duff front springs,
bent anti-roll bar, or even (as I found after having removed, renewed or
replaced just about everything else) uneven-thickness spacers under the
bolt heads of the bolts which connect the body to the chassis. Can
also be a combination of two or more of the foregoing, plus, no doubt,
other factors including the phase of the moon when Slade last had a
number one hit single, and your favourite flavour of ice-cream.
This is a bloody awful problem to diagnose. The advice I received in
the past suggested that a bent anti-roll bar was the most likely cause
after a broken rear spring. Remove the bar, lay it on a flat surface,
and check that it is square and true - if not, replace with a good 'un.
ATB
--
Mike
Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV
Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL
Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FH105671
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