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Triumph TR3 - TR3 Rear Springs

I am restoring a 1959 TR3A. After taking my rear springs off I noticed that the one on the right side had 2 spacers that were the thickness of a leaf. These spacers were on the upper side of the spring where it mounts to the axle with the U-bolts.

I have another parts car and it has the same set-up. Did the cars come this way or have these been added to compensate for a weak spring or leveling of the car?

Thanks,

J.W.
J. W. Baker

Starting at a certain point, the cars laft the factory like this. This way you know that the springs are the original ones, because the replacemnt springs don't have them. When I replaced mine with new springs, I transferred the extra thickness leaf to the new spring. They did this to account for camber in the road and the fact that most times there is only a driver on board. Well that's what "they" say.

Don Elliott, Original Owner, 1958 TR3A

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/trebor/don3a_big.JPG (photo taken in 2001)
Don Elliott

This thread was discussed on 16/04/2006

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