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DENSO TAPE, GREASE and LEATHER ON SPRINGS - Printable Version

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RE: DENSO TAPE, GREASE and LEATHER ON SPRINGS - Robert Foreman - 12-07-2018

Yep, they were brand new .

RE: DENSO TAPE, GREASE and LEATHER ON SPRINGS - Ruairidh Dunford - 12-07-2018

Very nasty!

RE: DENSO TAPE, GREASE and LEATHER ON SPRINGS - Dennis Nicholas - 12-07-2018

(12-07-2018, 07:18 PM)Robert Foreman Wrote: Yep, they were brand new .

To make any sense/comparison..........how many miles/years in use?

Dennis

RE: DENSO TAPE, GREASE and LEATHER ON SPRINGS - Robert Foreman - 12-07-2018

Seven years, average 4,000-5,000 miles per year.

RE: DENSO TAPE, GREASE and LEATHER ON SPRINGS - Ruairidh Dunford - 12-07-2018

I spend a great deal of time removing old springs from Sevens each year and I have never seen any as corroded - really quite extraordinary.

RE: DENSO TAPE, GREASE and LEATHER ON SPRINGS - Robert Foreman - 12-07-2018

Do they use any salt in your part of the world?

RE: DENSO TAPE, GREASE and LEATHER ON SPRINGS - Ruairidh Dunford - 13-07-2018

Ten months of the year!

RE: DENSO TAPE, GREASE and LEATHER ON SPRINGS - Dave Mann - 14-07-2018

I cleaned, greased and Denso taped the springs years ago and had a similar experience to Robert so I follow Robert's advice and leave my springs naked and slathered in old back axle oil. Once water gets inside it can't get out and it all festers away unseen.

RE: DENSO TAPE, GREASE and LEATHER ON SPRINGS - Phil Kingdom - 14-07-2018

As wonderful as Denso tape is at protecting all sorts of things when wrapping it around rear springs it would make sense to block up the the part of the chassis where the springs fit into it, if this end is left open water will work its way into the wrapped springs and have no way out, this will be worse on a new spring as there is no dirt and rust around it.

RE: DENSO TAPE, GREASE and LEATHER ON SPRINGS - Dave Mann - 14-07-2018

I broke my front spring and on dismantling it, it looked like I'd dredged it out of the Manchester Ship canal,. A check of the rears showed a similar situation since when Denso isn't mentioned.