> It occurs to me that if there is a heavier spring on the driver's side,
> there should actually be 4 springs listed as the driver's side will depend
> on whether the car is LH or RH drive.
The SPC does identify them as "driver's side" and "passenger side", rather
than left and right, which suggests that they were simply installed on
opposite sides for LHS vs RHS. The springs are otherwise interchangeable
(which prompted the original question).
Andy Mace wrote :
> FWIW, my TR2/3/3A Spare Parts Catalogue shows:
>
> TS1 -
>
> Rear road spring 301017
> leaf, main 301017/M
>
> TS26904 -
>
> Rear road spring (driver's side) 301017
> leaf, main 301017/M
> Rear road spring (passenger's side) 303306
> leaf, main 303306/M
>
> There are no other listings for the other leaves (presumably NOT sold
> separately), but I'm guessing that it was only the main leaf that
> was changed
> to a slightly heavier-duty item for the driver's side.
Note that it's actually the passenger's side that changed P/N, the driver's
side remained the same. Bill Piggott also commented that it was a slightly
softer spring on the passenger's side, "presumably" to level the car.
I'd guess the reason the other leaves were not listed is because they rarely
fail. The main leaves do seem to be a problem, my current car had both of
them broken when I got it, and ISTR Steve Hedke reported that Scrappy has
broken at least one on every race.
Randall
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