Thanks Barry. I think I'll have to put it together and see how it drives
before making many more changes. Did you have any tyre clearance problems
at the rear with the longer axles? I'm wondering if the change to the
square-tail body included some provision for additional wheel clearance.
I'd rather not have to mess with the wheel wells if possible.
Also - care to part with your source for the longer hoses? I'd like to go
stainless braided but I think most suppliers I'm aware of only stock the er
'stock' replacements.
Thanks
Mark Sinclair
Note to listers with older sagging springs!!
When I took mine apart I found that the hoses had actually rubbed against
the axles at some point - the rear spring was pretty worn. Could have gone
any time. Rather scary. It seems like the mounting system should designed
such that rubbing is not possible regardless of the amount of spring
travel. It's possible that mine had been meddled with at some point but it
looked pretty original. I'd recommend checking the hoses next time you're
under the care.
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From: Barry Schwartz[SMTP:bschwart@pacbell.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 1:49 PM
To: Mark Sinclair
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: rear suspension and RE: Brake lines in spitfires
>I'm upgrading to the swing spring and longer axles myself. Does anyone
know
>what the changes were?
>If it was just longer flexible hoses then that's pretty easy - if there
>were changes to the steel lines or plumbing then I'd appreciate any info.
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The changes WERE to the steel lines, as the flex hose length for both axle
lengths are the same. You can however just get 1 inch longer lines and use
those. That's what I did on my '72 when I switched to the longer axles.
Just make sure that the threaded ends are the same. as what's on the car
and the wheel cylinders you are using.
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>Also - does anyone know of a supplier for camber compensators - might as
>well go all,out while I'm at it - right?!
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If your going to the swing spring you don't need a camber compensator, and
putting one on won't gain you anything but additional weight-
Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
72 V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire (long term project)
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