----- Original Message -----
From: "David Brister" <brister@tiscali.fr>
To: <MotoPsyche@aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: (Rear) Spring Has Sprung
> I once prepared a car for a long distance rally, very hard on the car. My
> best advice on the rear springs preparation was to dismantle them, remove
> rust and muck , and importantly, grind a small chamfer on the underside of
> the end of each leaf to enable it to rise over the hump on the leaf
> underneath caused by wear.
> Years ago the upmarket cars such as Bentley, Rolls Royce, Lagonda ect had
> their leaf springs enclosed by tailormade leather gaiters, sometimes these
> had grease nipples.
> When the springs were reinstalled on the rally car, (well greased between
> the leaves) I wrapped them up in "Densotape". This is a heavy sticky cloth
> tape impregnated with some greasy anti corrosive gunge which is used in UK
> for wrapping round metal pipes which will be buried in concrete. You get
it
> at a plumber's merchant and I'm sure there will be some product like that
> available in other countries.
> It protected the springs from salt, wet, road dust, keeps the grease
inside
> and seems to last for years and years.
>
> HTH,
>
> David Brister.
> 1967 TR4A.
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