Jim -
Try reversing the left and right springs. The sag should even out pretty
soon. Hopefully at about the same level. This worked on my old BN-4.
Clay L.
'67 Sprite
At 11:49 AM 7/31/01 -0400, Jim Juhas wrote:
>My wife's 1969 Sprite lists to the left. I suggested that
>she trim down a bit, but that suggestion was not received
>well. Following that, I carefully jacked the car at each
>suspension point to get the chassis level. This was done on
>a drive-on lift. We determined that the left rear spring
>needs to be compresses a full inch more than the right to
>get the car to level. All the mounting points seem to match
>from one side to the other as to height above road level.
>
>Trouble is, I replaced these springs about 4 years ago with
>new ones from Moss. Oh, well.
>
> From the steps I took, is there any question that the spring
>is bad?
>
>How many leaves are supposed to be on a 1275 Sprite spring?
>I noticed in the catalogs that there are different springs
>for 948/1098, 1275, and 1500. The ones on the car are five
>leaves. I have an old rusty set with six leaves. Are those
>1500? Do the spring rates increase as the engine size got
>bigger?
>
>Who is a good source for a replacement spring?
>
>Thanks in advance for your help.
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