leaf springs

bigal · Post by **bigal** » Sun Sep 22, 13 8:53 am

Anybody recomend where to get some new leaf springs for me duster, cheers

MilesnMiles · Post by **MilesnMiles** » Sun Sep 22, 13 11:00 am

Been on this agenda for a while . Chris at Wasp has suppliers at a good price.
I'm having to go direct to General Spring as my springs are a one year model.

MilesnMiles · Post by **MilesnMiles** » Sun Sep 22, 13 11:02 am

If you have cash burning a hole there are the Calverts mono springs. I had them on my old Dart Sport (same as your Duster) and really liked the ride.
Turnip on here can bring them in.

ANTON · Post by **ANTON** » Sun Sep 22, 13 2:26 pm

Best to keep the original ones and have them reached and retemperered. Cost about £180 and take one week. Job done. New ones aren't made of the best steel.

MilesnMiles · Post by **MilesnMiles** » Sun Sep 22, 13 6:11 pm

Anton, who do you use? I'd read stories of re tempered springs declining fairly quickly. I'd be glad to be wrong as it would save me money to go for re tempered.

ANTON · Post by **ANTON** » Sun Sep 22, 13 7:13 pm

MilesnMiles wrote:Anton, who do you use? I'd read stories of re tempered springs declining fairly quickly. I'd be glad to be wrong as it would save me money to go for re tempered.

I did mine four years ago and they are still perfect and I use my car a lot and when I got to the Nats I have had three people in the car with all our stuff and nothing bottomed out.
I used Brost Forge in kings cross.

Derek did his about two years ago and the are perfect still and he use Paddington Springs in Wembley.

I had Dave999 done at Brost forge too and they were great.

MilesnMiles · Post by **MilesnMiles** » Sun Sep 22, 13 8:38 pm

Thanks Anton, maybe this is something I could do with the car laid up for winter.

ANTON · Post by **ANTON** » Sun Sep 22, 13 9:29 pm

Before you take them off measure both sides of the car and then put a jack under the rear bumper and raise the rear till you get the stance you want and if you raised the car one inch tell the company that redo your springs you want one inch added to them. If you want to make the rear suspension stiffer you car also add another leaf to the springs.

MilesnMiles · Post by **MilesnMiles** » Mon Sep 23, 13 7:40 am

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Mon Sep 23, 13 12:27 pm

i can confirm that a spring restoration works wonders

anton mesured

pulled them out

got them sorted and built them back up with plastic i got from wasp and zinc sliders i made from ebay 0.8mm plate

new clamps

painted and installed

nice!!!

unless you have grooved and weakend the long spring due to worn out plastics or grease and road dirt grinding paste
and you have no need to deliberatly make it handle in a none standard way.

i.e race car springs and shocks purly designed to launch the missile not go to the shops

the method that taxi drivers trailer companies and plant companies have been using since day dot makes sense

take off re-set rebuild put back. the standard steel spring was made when steel was made of steel....it sagged after 40 years of use in a car designed to last 5 years....thats pretty good going. bend to spec and retemper puts back what 40 years of vibration and over loading took away.

Dave

bigal · Post by **bigal** » Mon Sep 23, 13 12:35 pm

Cheers for the advice guys will make some phone calls

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Thu Sep 26, 13 6:33 am

Me too... One of my few remaining jobs. Rear axle and springs - then im done...