25-05-2019, 08:54 AM
Many thanks for your comments John and Stuart. The rebuild will include new star springs front and back and employ a new centre bolt. These offer more resilience than the old ones which may have lost their tension. The new bolt is needed because the old one is either braised or riveted to the star spring and cannot be used with the new star.
I will set the load at 15lbs on each arm and make a close measurement of how far the tensioning nut has been wound up the bolt. After stripping I will fit it to the car, taking it up to this same setting, and then see if adjustment is needed when tried out on the road.
A final thought: I may take load readings against position of tensioning nut (measured with a depth gauge) and stick it on a graph! Might give some indication of where the final load is after road testing and making further adjustments - anyway....it's a thought!!
Ron
I will set the load at 15lbs on each arm and make a close measurement of how far the tensioning nut has been wound up the bolt. After stripping I will fit it to the car, taking it up to this same setting, and then see if adjustment is needed when tried out on the road.
A final thought: I may take load readings against position of tensioning nut (measured with a depth gauge) and stick it on a graph! Might give some indication of where the final load is after road testing and making further adjustments - anyway....it's a thought!!
Ron