Thread: Series 1 Springs

Gary

The spring lengths on the front of the 80"(from late 1950), all 86" and all 88" right up to the end of Series 3 are the same.

Similarly for the rear springs from the 86" and 88" through end of Series 3. The issues you will have is the static load of the later springs, particularly if they have locally made replacement leaves. It may require you to remove some leaves or use later main and secondary leaves and your original tertiary etc leaves.

The following is a comparison from the SIII manual (I don't have an S1 manual at work), however the S1 have less leaves because of the lighter 2 litre engine. Although the 2 litre diesel and those with a capstan winch fitted had similar specs to the S2 and for both the S2 diesel.



Diana

Thanks Diana - do you know if those lengths are length of spring overall or from spring eye to eye?

Garry

Gary

When they measure semi-eliptic springs they are measured with the spring flat and measured from eye centre to eye centre as in "B" below.



(The above is for the rear springs of the 80", but the only example I have in my Photobucket.

Diana

Sorry - getting confused as my springs are not flat but curved - I guess these are the specs before the steel is curved. I went out and measured my springs and it would seem that the curved overall length is 36.25". (not eye to eye)

Garry

That's correct Gary, your springs should not be flat. Flat is however the standard way they measure them. Whether they measure them before setting or flatten them out with a press or something I don't know.

What I will do, is what I should have done last night is scan the page from the SI book and post it up. You will have to wait until around 24:00 hrs though.

C ya
Diana

86 & 88 Front




86 & 88 Rear




Hope this helps

Diana

Thanks Diana - have saved those docs for future reference - looks like my spare springs are OK - at least in the unloaded state - I will clean them up and see how they go.

Thanks

Garry

While on the subject, how about the specs for 107' and 109'.

My 109 has a busted rear top spring, and I need to find a replacement.

CC