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RE: Rear spring restoration

To: "'Jeff Boatright'" <jboatri@emory.edu>, "Spridgets@Autox. Team. Net (E-mail)" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Rear spring restoration
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 13:34:27 -0800
Speaking about new rear springs, anybody know a good source with quality
stock springs? My right rear, has 2 cracked leafs, and I bet the others
aren't doing so hot. Also thinking about doing the whole tube shock
conversion dealy in the rear at least. The Fronts work great, and look new.

Thanks

Toby

>I don't think he said anything about the springs losing anything; I 
>may have missed it. I think he simply wants to clean them up, maybe 
>remove some surface rust, then add anti-friction inserts. I don't see 
>the harm in this except that he is dealing with 35 yr old steel. 
>OTOH, he could buy new and go through all the headaches associated 
>with the "new and improved" pot metal being sold as springs. As for 
>the inserts, three of the four extra springs I have have some sort of 
>paper-ish or plastic strips between the leaves.
>
>At 3:58 PM -0500 12/14/00, Geoff Branch wrote:
>>Roger that Daniel.  I remember an old blacksmith that used to weld a 
>>bead along
>>the inside face of the spring to "recondition" it and return 
>its curve.  But I
>>can't imagine that this would be worthwile for little bitty 
>springs like on
>>Spridgets.
>>
>>Geoff Branch
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <Daniel1312@aol.com>
>>To: <dougi@home.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 2:55 PM
>>Subject: Re: Rear spring restoration
>>
>>
>> > Hi Doug,
>> >
>> > Much as I beleive in re-conditioning parts I wouldn't 
>re-condition springs.
>> > If the steel has lost its compliance it isn't going to get 
>it back unless
>> > there is some sort of heat treatment that does the job?
>> >
>> > Daniel1312
>> >
>> > In a message dated 13/12/00 23:06:52 Pacific Standard 
>Time, dougi@home.com
>> > writes:
>> >
>> > << More on the restoration of my rear springs, now that 
>they are out of the
>> >  car. I'm planning to take the springs apart, remove all 
>the rust and crud
>> >  with a wire wheel, grind smooth any gouges or other bad 
>spots, paint, then
>> >  reassemble. Anyone have any thoughts about using Teflon 
>or some other
>> >  plastic material between the leaves? The idea would be to 
>reduce friction
>> >  between the leaves. I would probably have to omit one 
>leaf to make up for
>> >  the added thickness of the plastic material.
>> >
>> >  Comments? >>
>
>
>_____________________________________________________________
>Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
>Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
>Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis
>mailto:jboatri@emory.edu

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