Dan :
I would at least start by following TRF's advice on the spacers. I believe
what's happening is that the TRF springs have a higher spring rate, thus do
not compress as much as the stock springs with the car at normal ride
height. Of course, it's also possible they simply sent you the wrong
springs, but installing them is probably the only way to prove that they are
wrong. I guess you could ask for their specs on free length and spring rate
...
Your description of the lower inner A-frame (wishbone) pivots sounds exactly
like the stock setup. Basically, the inner sleeves get clamped into place
by the outer plate and nut, so they cannot turn. The nylon is forced to
turn on the sleeve, or in the A-frame.
FWIW, I added grease zerks to my wishbones when I switched to Nylatron
bushings, but I don't know if it helped or not. So far, the Nylatron hasn't
squeaked or shown any signs of wear.
Randall
59 TR3A daily driver
Dan Buettner wrote :
> 1) I bought TRF's heavy duty front springs. The guy on the phone
> said *NOT* to use the aluminum spacers with them, but that goes
> against everything else I have heard. They are the same length as
> the springs that came out, which had the spacers. I measured them at
> 10 1/8" long. What's the scoop?
>
> 2) The inner lower a-arm bushing setup (I bought TRF's magic
> suspension kit) seems wrong. For each arm I've got a nylon bushing,
> and two nylon washers to go on either side of the arm, and then I
> have a metal sleeve that goes into the nylon bushing - but then that
> slides over the metal on the frame. With the way things fit
> together, I don't see how I'm going to have anything but metal on
> metal movement. The metal sleeve is a tight enough fit into the
> nylon bushing, once that's in the arm, that it won't turn, and the
> metal sleeve slides fairly easily on the frame. Since you can't
> grease that part, it seems like things would wear pretty darned fast,
> not to mention make a lot of noise. What to do?
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