Re: Front spring assembling

Posted by carla on April 07, 1998 at 23:49:20

In Reply to: Front spring assembling
posted by Frank Canning on April 07, 1998 at 22:21:41

:I am about to reassemble my front spring and I'm recieving
: conflicting information, It has been recommended that I put one of the following between the leaves oil, felt, grease, tefalone tape & absolutley nothing.
: Can anybody out there tell me what they are using and if it cuts the squeaking
: Thanks
: Frank
frank, i too have heard conflicting opinions about the desirability or otherwise of inter-leaf friction.
a lot of the old timers would assemble the leaves with oil.
and spray on a little more oil from time to time, for which
purpose the marvel oil co. sold the "marvel oil rifle"
for my own use i would first glass-blast the leaves and inspect them carefully, looking especially for cracks starting
at the centre-bolt hole, and recesses or wear areas where
the leaf tips bear on the leaf below, which i would fair out
to allow the leaf tips to slide smoothly.
a light coat of paint, then i would assemble them with a mixture of light grease and fine graphite, applied thinly
then i would have a set of spring-covers made by a leather-
worker, and lace them tightly over the springs, so as to keep
the springs as clean as might be, that is, to minimise the
entry of road dirt between the leaves.
hope this helps-----carla

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