Hello Larry,
Saturday, May 25, 2002, 1:56:03 PM, you wrote:
LBM> I am gonna be putting newer rear springs in my Midget shortly. I noticed
LBM> that, while perusing the MGOC web site the other day, they have urethane
LBM> bushings and spring pads
LBM>
(http://www.mgocaccessories.co.uk/acatalog/MGOC_Accessories__Handling_26.htm
LBM> l).
Good luck on the new springs. In my car I had a replacement spring on
one side. The thing made the car sit several inches lower on that side and when
I cornered the spring would depress the the car would sit on the bump
stop. When I removed the spring it had no cracked leaves.
I replaced that spring with another spring off a rubber bumper car and
it still sits low. I am thinking of having two of the old springs
re-arched at a spring shop.
How do you tell how a spring is going to perform when you put it on a
car? If I have several springs to choose from how do I tell which
will work the best?
LBM> I believe my only other choices are the plain old rubber from the obvious
LBM> sources. And I have a problem with the rubber spring pads. They last,
maybe,
LBM> a year and then you start to see the car turn on hard acceleration and when
LBM> you let off quickly. I have solved this in the past by tightening the
LBM> U-Bolts on the springs down to where the rubber spring pads are, really, no
LBM> longer of any use. I am thinking that urethane would solve this and still
LBM> leave a bit of compliance in the suspension.
I have the same problem with the replacement rubber pads. Sometimes
it is nice to be able to change lanes with just the accelerator. When
you switch let us know how they work.
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Best regards,
Bill mailto:w.gilroy@verizon.net
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