02-09-2018, 01:05 PM
I be interested to know what material has been used for front spring packing in the past and what length and thickness to make it. What was originally used in the factory?
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Spring packing
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02-09-2018, 04:44 PM
As far as I have been able to ascertain over the years front spring packing seems to serve no purpose at all other than to give you a tiny increase in ground clearance.
02-09-2018, 05:43 PM
The bit of packing I have (somewhere) is about 3/16” red fibre. It came off my RN saloon. The road springs no longer have packing.
Cheers, Dave.
Scarlet,
You may find Ian's wisdom a comfort when you discover nobody stocks it anyway. (Actually if you do find some please let me know 'cos I need a bit of vulcanised red fibre board for something else). I did in the past substitute copper or brass sheet without detriment. btw the old packing I have was more like 1/16" than 3/16", though heaven knows what's 'correct'.
02-09-2018, 08:08 PM
If you really want to The Seven Workshop used to stock red fibre spring packing.
02-09-2018, 08:59 PM
Ive never distmantled a car with any. A piece of asbestos jointing would do a similar job to the fibre sheet
02-09-2018, 09:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-09-2018, 09:12 PM by Andy Bennett.)
I used the red packing for my rear springs (from Seven workshop) to ensure a tight fit in the chassis members. I didn't include any on the front, partly because there was none in there on the spring I removed and also because I was concerned that it reduced the purchase of the centre spring locating pin.
Andy B
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think!
02-09-2018, 09:19 PM
I think I got one from our local (NZ) spares a while back but then didn't use it on the spring, instead I cut it into strips and made a fuel stick for the Chummy I had for a while!
Simon
02-09-2018, 10:30 PM
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