Re: Front Springs positioning.

["JOHN CLAYTON" <john.h.clayton@domain.elided>]

Dave,

I think you'll find that what causes the spring to
bow under compression is the number of coils
on each side. i.e. imagine a cross section taken
vertically through the spring. The two sides will
have different numbers of coils. The one with
the extra coil will have greater resistance to 
being compressed and therefore the spring
will bow out on that side.

John Clayton

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> From: Dave Biggs <D.Biggs@domain.elided>
> To: Stag Owners Club <stag@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: Front Springs positioning.
> Date: 19 August 1998 12:48
> 
> 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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