- 21. [Spits] Order of panel replacement (score: 1)
- Author: scotts junk <smacsjunk@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:30:25 -0600
- Seeking the wisdom of the list: My wife's Mk3 Spit needs the passeger side rear wing and sills (inner, middle and outer panels) replaced. Which is the best order to proceed? Remove and replace the wi
- /html/spitfires/2009-02/msg00030.html (7,481 bytes)
- 22. Re: [Spits] Rear Vertical Link (score: 1)
- Author: scotts junk <smacsjunk@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:27:09 -0500
- hi Dan Yep, apparently the suppliers all copy the same drawing from the factory manual, which several decades some poor technical illustrator got slightly wrong ago, by showing the radius arm bracket
- /html/spitfires/2009-03/msg00018.html (8,672 bytes)
- 23. Re: [Spits] Separating spring from Diff (score: 1)
- Author: scotts junk <smacsjunk@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:40:21 -0500
- hi Todd A few points to consider: A '68 GT6 and '79 Spit differential are similar but not identical. I don't think you can swap the guts from the Spit into the GT6 diff case as the early crownwheel c
- /html/spitfires/2009-03/msg00031.html (10,491 bytes)
- 24. Re: [Spits] Rear spring with too much arch (score: 1)
- Author: scotts junk <smacsjunk@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:33:58 -0500
- Sounds almost like you have an early model (Mk I - III) fixed spring as they were considerably stiffer than the late model ( Mk IV - 1500) swing spring (see Paul Ts chart on spring specs: http://www.
- /html/spitfires/2010-08/msg00009.html (11,217 bytes)
- 25. Re: [Spits] Rear spring with too much arch (score: 1)
- Author: scotts junk <smacsjunk@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:42:05 -0500
- There is some effect on camber when you switch from early model short axles to late model long axles: since the lever arm from the pivot (U joint) to the tire is longer but the spring length (fulcrum
- /html/spitfires/2010-08/msg00010.html (9,211 bytes)
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