Just checking -- you made sure not to fully tighten the spring hanger bolts
until the car was back on the ground with the weight fully on the springs?
If you tighten things up with the car on jackstands and the axle dangling,
you can lock in an exaggerated spring arc.
on 5/22/01 7:21 PM, Scott Bruner at sbruner@ligtel.com wrote:
> After installing new 6 leaf rear springs on my '73 mgb I have found I can
> not connect the reboud straps. After checking the archives I have seen some
> people with similar experiances, but I have not been able to find answers as
> to the problem yet. Can I expect these springs to settle, or should I look
> into someting else? TIA
>
> Scott Bruner
>
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'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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