Re: Front Leaf Springs

Posted by DJ.Voyce on January 12, 1998 at 00:05:52

In Reply to: Front Leaf Springs
posted by Keith on January 11, 1998 at 19:22:39

: How does one determine if the front leaf springs (or either set, for that matter) need to be re-arced? I recently removed both sets, disassembled them and cleaned them for re-painting.
G'Day Keith,
Providing you don't have any broken blades/leaves & the measurements mentioned by Emeric are OK then the spring's useable. If it needs resetting, a springsmith will be able to re-set & re-temper it. A couple of tips before assembly, grind ,or even better, with a carborundum sanding disc, sand chamfers onto the spring blade ends where they contact the blade below & sand out any indentations worn into the spring blades by the action of the blade above it, then assemble with a new centre bolt & with a smear of a graphite type grease between each blade.
Regardz
DJ.
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