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From: Gordon H on 3 Feb 2010 17:24 In message <mn.144e7da27d5c5c25.106911(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk>, Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> writes >Dave Plowman (News) has brought this to us : >> >> In those days leaf springs could be repaired by any blacksmith. Who would >> also re-set them to the correct height. I dunno if coil springs could be >> repaired - but it's cheaper just to replace them anyway. > >The only way to repair a leaf spring is to replace the broken leaf and >rebuild it. There is no way to repair a broken coil spring other than >replace the complete spring. > We had a U-Bolt break on a rear leaf spring on Dad's car, either the Morris 8 or the Standard 10, can't remember, but both '36 vintage. We lived next door to, and on good terms with a repair garage in those days, and they sent out a van with a huge Polish guy who wrapped a chain round the spring, and somehow locked it up in a way which enabled us to drive the 30 miles home, with him following. Those were the good old days... -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply
From: asahartz on 4 Feb 2010 12:48 On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:22:39 -0000, "Duncan Wood" <nntpnews(a)dmx512.co.uk> wrote: >On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:44:45 -0000, asahartz <asahartz(a)hotmeatpiemail.com> >wrote: > >> On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 06:42:11 -0000, "thomas" >> <to0oommygin(a)retardedloony.com> wrote: >> >>> sleeping policemen/speed bumps are dangerous and I'm sure have >>> contributed >>> to deaths (damaged tyres/suspension resulting in crashes away from the >>> ruddy >>> things) >>> >>> Honestjohn.co.uk often mentions that european springs spec/finishing >>> and >>> states the ends are not treated properly so that salt muck gets into the >>> ends resulting in weakness and breakage - Japanese ones are >>> chamfered/treated(?) somehow >>> >> I've had the original springs _and_the subsequent replacements break on >> the rear of two Previas now. Current car is on its third set. >> >> Speed bumps & potholes don't help, but let's face it, modern cars are >> much biggers and heavier than those of yesteryear, and they tend to do >> far higher mileages too. Couple this with the components being >> computer-designed to a spec, rather than over-engineered to last. It's >> hardly surprising that they break. > >& 1/2 your spring is unsprung weight, every bit you get rid of improves >the ride. Come to think of it, another factor is low-profile tyres. A few years back, 70 profile was the norm and they played their part in the suspension. Modern lower profiles have much less give, to improve the handling, which makes the springs work so much harder. -- asahartz woz ere
From: Willy Eckerslyke on 5 Feb 2010 04:07 asahartz wrote: > Come to think of it, another factor is low-profile tyres. A few years > back, 70 profile was the norm Just to nitpick, are you sure it wasn't 80? After all 80 is the default where no profile is specified.
From: Adrian on 5 Feb 2010 04:21 Willy Eckerslyke <oss108no_spam(a)bangor.ac.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> Come to think of it, another factor is low-profile tyres. A few years >> back, 70 profile was the norm > Just to nitpick, are you sure it wasn't 80? After all 80 is the default > where no profile is specified. I'd have said that 80 profile started to be superceded as the norm by 70 profile in the late '70s, with 60 and lower starting to become the norm around the late '80s.
From: Duncan Wood on 5 Feb 2010 05:35
On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:21:52 -0000, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Willy Eckerslyke <oss108no_spam(a)bangor.ac.uk> gurgled happily, sounding > much like they were saying: > >>> Come to think of it, another factor is low-profile tyres. A few years >>> back, 70 profile was the norm > >> Just to nitpick, are you sure it wasn't 80? After all 80 is the default >> where no profile is specified. > > I'd have said that 80 profile started to be superceded as the norm by 70 > profile in the late '70s, with 60 and lower starting to become the norm > around the late '80s. That depends on what you drove, if you where happy with steel wheels 155/13 & 165/13 where very common into the 90s -- Duncan Wood |