The easy suggestions are NEVER well received.............
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?
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