Thanks for the info Frank. It helps alot. I can now give my spring
maker/fixer an idea of what "normal" is and at least see how far out it
might be. He mentioned that if it is corroded they would not attempt to
re-arch them in which case I will consider Mike's suggestion to have them
make new ones.
dave
At 08:00 PM 25-05-99 -0400, Frank Clarici wrote:
>Dave Hiley wrote:
>>
>> Hi everybody
>>
>> There has been a very active discussion on Bugeye rear springs for the past
>> couple of days that I have been following.
>>
>> Does anybody have any experience with re-arching the springs from a '72
>> Midget?
>> The car does not have many miles on it (possibly 45k) but there is the
>> noticeable sag on the driver's side (and of course it has nothing to do
>> with the noticeable sags on the driver!). I have that spring off the car
>> at the present time and spoke with the spring shop today and he said he
>> might be able to bring it back up to spec if I could give him that info.
>> Or, alternately, just add another inch or whatever I requested of arch.
>>
>> Anybody have specs or recommendations?
>Spring specs MKIII Sprite/MKII Midget, my book was printed in 1972 but
>there are no spring specs past the MKIII/MKII.
>Type...Semi eliptical
># of leafs...5
>Thickness of leaves 11/64 (4.37mm)
>width...1 1/2"
>Working load....375 lbs
>Free Camber 4.437"
>
>But Mercer Spring in Trenton, NJ did a couple of cars for me. They did
>my A40 and I asked them to boost it 1" higher then stock to accomodate
>the larger tires.
>They did it exactly as requested and I handed them the springs over the
>counter, they never saw the car.
>The A40 has 1/2 leafs very similar to the Midget, actualy the same
>except for ratings and center peg location.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>--
>Frank Clarici
>Toms River, NJ
>Bugeye Sprite
>67 Sprite
>59 A40
>http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/
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