derek evans wrote:
>
> herald and vitesse rear springs should have nylon 'friction pads' separating
> some of the larger leaves. these enable the leaves to slide freely without
> grease. in my experience they will happily slide over paint but will
> eventually wear it out.
> do any listers know if spit, gt6 springs have these nylon pads ? on most
> none restored cars (heralds and vitesses) i have seen, the pads have
> completely worn away leaving only the locating 'nipple' in the hole in the
> leaf.
>
> happy new year everybody.
>
> derek
Spitfire springs have rubber spacers. You're also supposed to greae the leaves
with
high pressure (graphite) grease, though the regular stuff won't kill ya. When
I removed
the original spring from my Spitfire, the spacers were still O-K, but that
hard-to-find
center cap pad was chewed to hell because of a missing swing bolt in the bottom.
Are you bored yet?
Merry Channukah, everybody ...
--
Martin Secrest
74 Spitfire
73 GT6
Arlington, VA
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