Another springy question

Sep 07, 2004 6 Replies
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Right, I now have a pair of standard springs (see earlier thread about broken rear spring on a RRC. Thank you very much Paddock; £50 including next-day-panic delivery and we'll take them back if thay are wrong. These were ordered after a chat with Mr WBH who is trying to retire. He has none in stock, but could possibly have a pair made - but doubtless not for £50.


I'm hoping that the Paddock springs do not raise the rear of the vehicle such that I can't get into my local tip.


Anyway, which way up do the springs go? Close coils at the top or the bottom???



Tia Richard



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The automotive norm is close coils at the top.

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I put my new springs in close coils at the top as I couldn't get the little retainer plate between the coils if the close coils were at the bottom.

Just make sure you get the DS and PS the right way around.. :)

Macca

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On or around Thu, 9 Sep 2004 00:13:40 +1000, "Macca" enlightened us thusly:

they seem to be fitted close-down originally, although as you say, this makes it difficult. close-up works equally well on mine, and I can;t see any reason not to fit 'em that way up. technically, I guess, the "soft" part of the spring is the close bit, and to compress this the force has to go up the non-close bit, but I seriously doubt that this makes a noticeable difference in practice. for large values of compression, the close bit gets coilbound and thus ceases to be part of the spring anyway.

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Mmm, I'm fitting a pair of NRC8113 which my manual lists as the standard RHD rear spec.

Rgds Richard

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On or around Wed, 08 Sep 2004 22:18:36 +0100, Richard Savage enlightened us thusly:

they vary as to whether there's a side-to-side difference. the HD 90 ones I settled on for the disco rear do, but not all sets do.

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Springs changed with no increase in ride height . For those whose Sunday's lack excitement there are three pictures here:

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Judging from the rust on the fracture; I have been driving around blissfully unaware of the broken spring for a long time. Still, at least the annoying rattle has gone ;-)

Richard

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