I must have missed something here. The arch or the leaf spring on a TR3
bows upward in the middle. The axle mounts on top of the spring, and on top
of the frame. Therefore more arch would increase the distance between the
frame and the axle, wouldn't it?
I have a set of springs from a 1958 car that was parked and left to rot in
1960 (New York inspection sticker was still in the window). Those springs
showed only slightly less arch than those that had been on my car, lending
credence to my belief that my car had not been driven much due to the fact
that it had ben in a poor state for at least 10 years and maybe much
longer.
I had no trouble at all in getting the axle connected to the springs with
the bump stops on them.
fogbro1@impop.bellatlantic.net wrote:
> Interesting to note that you'll require less arch, not more to get the
> axle housing/frame clearance you're after.
>
> My 3's axle housings are still solidly against the frame which is why I
> don't drive it and, for the moment, am disgusted with the results of
> $12,000 and 5 years work.
>
> Perhaps lowering blocks and longer U bolts are the answer rather than
> rearching the springs.
>
> Ed Woods
>
> '60 TR3
> '54 MGTF
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