The point is, don't expect too much. The beast is what it is.
Jim,
That's the feeling I had from the beginning, but I'm going to give it a shot
anyways. At least the spring will be clean and well lubricated.
Got the spring out yesterday. Can't believe how easy that was. Didn't have
any trouble with the bolts. Do have to replace the bolts that hold the
leafs.
That self lubricating system the Spitfire has comes in handy.
Greg
1978 Spitfire 1500
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
To: "Spitfire Group" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Spits] Rear Leaf Spring
> On 30 Oct 2009 at 16:27, Greg Stull wrote:
>
>> I am getting tried of people telling me my rear wheels are about
>> to fall off.
>
> Many many years ago I replaced the spring in my Spitfire ('80 1500,
> which means it has the longer axle). For several reasons that seemed
> a good idea at the tim. I wasn't so worried about the obvious
> negative camber as about a noise. That's a long story, but the
> thought was that by reducing the u-joint angle a particular noise
> would diminish.
>
> Anyway, the new spring gave marginally less negative camber and less
> noise, but only for a very short while. I'd guess that within a few
> months or less the car was about the same as it had always been.
> Certainly the improvement lasted no more than a year. I still have
> the old spring, never had occasion to attempt taking it apart. Not
> really sure how. Don't know how many bushings it has, never had
> reason to look until now.
>
> The point is, don't expect too much. The beast is what it is.
>
> --
> Jim Muller
> jimmuller@rcn.com
> '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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