Re: Front Springs positioning.

[Dave Biggs <D.Biggs@domain.elided>]

JOHN CLAYTON wrote:
> 
> The Haynes manual says the following in
> Chapter 11, Section 4, Paragraph 13 for
> refitting the FRONT road springs.
> 
> "Refit the roadwheel and when positioned
> in the straight ahead position, grasp the road
> spring and rotate it so as to bring its lower
> extremity direct inboard. The reason for this
> is to ensure that the spring bows out slightly
> when loaded so preventing fouling on the
> wheel arch."
> 
> The instructions for refitting the REAR
> road spring don't include anything about
> positioning.

From what I remember I thought that the last coil on the spring was
flattened so that the spring sat flat on the rubber bushes and so it
didn't matter which way round it was.

Regards,

Dave. 

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