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Re: Those leaf spring shackle things...

To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Subject: Re: Those leaf spring shackle things...
From: neil.cairns@virgin.net
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 17:04:31 -0700
Trevor Boicey wrote:
> 
> Those square metal boxes that go around the leaf springs,
> what is supposed to be holding them where they are?
> 
>   On my newly-finished B, most of them are free to rattle
> around and obviously doing nothing. How should I fasten
> them?
> 
>   At risk of being a DPO, I find it hard to stop myself
> from reaching for the welder to tack them in place.
> 
> --
> Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
> tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/


The clips that hold the leaves of the rear springs together, to stop
them separating on rebound, and to keep them in-line, should have a
rubber 'U' shaped strip under them that takes up the 'gap' and gives
flexibility.

Neil.

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