On Mar 23, 9:37pm, Thomas Story wrote:
> Subject: Swing Spring Question
> Made a junkyard raid today and came away with a swing spring from a 76
> Spitfire and the front sway bar with all the fittings. I plan on fitting
> this to my 67 MkII, are there any problems I should look for? The rubber
> pad that fits between the top spring and the clamp has completely
> disintegrated, any suitable replacements? Like a 1/4" piece of rubber?
>
> Can my standard spring be removed without too much hassle? In the book it
> says I need to disconnect pretty much everything to remove it, but I was
> thinking I would just jack the car up,place a jack under the link to
> relieve the pressure and unbolt...is this OK?
>
> One more (sorry), any one have a good source for uprated bushings, I figure
> if I need to replace them anyways I might as well go with the poly ones?
> Thanks alot!
>
> Thomas
>
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> "I'm fine thanks, who are you?"
> "I'm fine too, but you no get in without the password"
>
>-- End of excerpt from Thomas Story
Thomas,
Remember, the rear axles on the '76 were longer than those on your
'67. You are going to end up with bags of positive camber if you
use the axles from your '67.
Allowing for that, you may need to drill and tap some additional holes
in your pig(diff) in order to correctly mount the new spring.
Doug
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