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Broken Spring Leaf
culp46 Offline
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Location: northumberland UK
Car type: RK Saloon 1929
#1
Yesterday, 05:00 PM
   

The upper leaf on one of my rear springs is broken/long-gone.  I'm thinking it wont make much difference to the handling of the car, and its original and part of its history, so I was thinking I would just stick with that.

Good Move? Bad Move?
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Alan Offline
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Location: Cheshire
Car type: Race Ulster, 1926 Special, 1927 Chummy, 1930 Box
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Yesterday, 05:14 PM
Bad move
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Ruairidh Dunford Offline
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#3
Yesterday, 05:25 PM
We have new rear springs in stock for immediate dispatch.

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John Cornforth Offline
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Yesterday, 05:25 PM
You also have the end "strap" section missing from the top of the chassis rail, just behind where the "U" bolt sits on the spring. It's common for this to fracture each side and then drop off. Ideally, this should be re-welded.
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#5
10 hours ago
I had no choice with a broken main leaf resulted in a variable wheelbase     
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Robert Leigh Offline
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Car type: 1928 tourer (mag type), short chassis Gould Ulster
#6
8 hours ago
When I broke a main leaf of a rear spring I found it quite easy to take a leaf from a spare spring I had in stock and use that to cure things. I did have to reshape the curve using my press so that it matched the opposite one which had not broken.
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