[Zmagnette] Rear Springs

[Joel Johnson]

Thanks everyone. The rubber pieces I'm referring to is the inter leaf and
angle pads. I have Ed Sweeney's poly bushings for the spring eyes. I have
disassembled the springs and I think I need to protect the inside from
rust. Since there are rubber pads between the leaves, I'm thinking it would
be ok to paint between the leaves? Steve T, I will try that program.

Joel


On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Kelvin Dodd <doddk at mossmotors.com> wrote:

> The spring mounting pads are isolated from the frame of the car, so there
> is no down side to using them. The replacement rubber pads are kinda
> squishy (technical term), so I normally use and recommend poly.
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> The rear bushes are not the same as MGA/MGB, so you might have limited
> alternatives. I used the poly bushings that Edwin Sweeney made up. They fit
> perfectly and are not overly stiff.
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> The front spring eye bush is also unique to the Magnette and at the time I
> worked on my car, the recommended replacement was the MGA front spring eye
> bush. This is slightly larger in OD and uses a bigger through bolt. I did
> find that a normal work bench vice will allow you to press this bushing
> into the spring eye without too much trouble. Since this conversion works
> well, I doubt if the Magnette unique spring bushes will be reproduced.
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> Kelvin.
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> *From:* zmagnette-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:
> zmagnette-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *David Halliday
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 02, 2014 12:51 PM
> *To:* List for the Z Magnette Group - North America
> *Subject:* Re: [Zmagnette] Rear Springs
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> Hi Joel,
>
> Some may disagree, but I would suggest going to urethane bushes and spring
> pads as you change.
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> Kind regards,
>
> David
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> On 2 April 2014 20:30, Steven Trovato <strovato at optonline.net> wrote:
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> Joel,
>
> I don't have an answer for you about the springs.  Hopefully, someone will
> provide you with an answer soon.  As far as resizing photos, I use a
> program called irfanview on my Windows 7 machine.  It is very popular,
> free, and available here:  http://www.irfanview.com/.  All you have to do
> is image, resize, then save.  Of course the program has the capability to
> do much more, but for a simple resize of a photograph, there's not much to
> it.  I often also use the "crop" feature.  This eliminates a lot of excess
> background, focuses attention on the important part and makes the file
> smaller as a bonus.
>
> -Steve T.
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> At 02:43 PM 4/2/2014, Joel Johnson wrote:
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> I am refreshing the rear springs on my Magnette before installing them. Do
> I paint both sides of each leaf or put them together and paint the outside?
> Also what about the rubber bits? They need to be replaced. Thanks. There
> will be lots of questions to follow, I have my Magnette back from body work
> and am putting it back together. I'd send a photo, but I can't figure out
> how to reduce the file size for email.
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