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With the leg of the parts supplied hook shortened I found no need to rotate them, just compress with pliers and slide behind the backplate lug. :tu1: Yes. I didn’t modify my modern springs because I wasn’t quite sure how to cut the hook down. It’s heavy gauge wire. Also, replacing the shoes is not ...

Have a look at 6min 16sec in on this video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7owZ6_Lsl0 Excellent. Thank you. Now that is really interesting. I did not realise that the design of the spring hook has completely changed! Stephen With the leg of the parts supplied hook shortened I found no need to r...

Please show the tool you made. I am not very skilled at making stuff but that is probably something I could do. Stephen Have a look at 6min 16sec in on this video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7owZ6_Lsl0 Excellent. Thank you. Now that is really interesting. I did not realise that the design o...

I'd just fit another SU HS2 but make sure it is the correct type (e.g if it's got a breather inlet or not). New SU HS2 or even exchange ones are very expensive now. Spindle bush replacement is possible as a DIY job but only if you have the correct equipment and know what you are doing. It is rather ...

Previously I used a pair of long nosed pliers. I now have a homemade "special" tool comprising of a 1/4" drive 5.5mm deep socket and a 1/4" nut driver. A slot has to be cut into the socket to accomodate the spring. Picture? Please show the tool you made. I am not very skilled at...

See this thread that I started a while back. It is not an argument but specifically about how to fit the springs.

viewtopic.php?t=77310&hilit=Beehive+springs+again

Stephen

I had a similar knocking/banging noise when I went over sleeping policemen, bumps etc, and in the end it was the rear axle hitting the exhaust pipe. When stationary, there was a gap between the axle and the exhaust pipe, but as the springs compress over a bump, the axle moves up, and that was causi...

There are many reports of disappointed owners who have bought leaf springs from the major suppliers only to find that the springs have gone flat in not much more than a year so sadly this could be the case for your springs fitted 5 years ago. I was aware of this so I ordered springs from Jones Spri...

My leaf springs had become very tired and worn out. They had last been replaced around 30 years ago when one actually snapped (this is quite alarming by the way but then I was driving way too fast as teenagers often do). My tired old springs were absolutely hopeless when going over speed bumps. It w...

Please let us know how you get on

Stephen

It is possible to find switches that operate at a higher pressure to give more warning and there are even switches that are variable.

Stephen

You said the plugs looked like the mixture was too lean so if I am understanding correctly you adjusted towards rich by 8 flats (this is a lot) BUT there was nothing connected to the carburettor breather intake tube at this time. Now you have an engine with a mixture adjusted towards rich to tolerat...

You have adjusted the fuel mixture so that the engine is now running well with the carburettor breather tube drawing in air. When you block the tube with your finger or by connecting to the tappet chest oil separator you are blocking off the air being drawn in and the mixture is then becoming so ric...

Lubricants do have a lifespan but 5 years is nothing to worry about in a gearbox. If you have ever smelled the vile stench of ancient Armstrong damper oil you would not doubt that lubricants go off eventually!

Stephen

I have a 2-door (a convertible) but it has always had seatbelts in the front. The original factory fitted seatbelts were not inertia reel of course. Those seatbelts had a clasp rather like that on an aeroplane seat belt and each time one put them on they had to be pulled tight. Those seatbelts had n...

I really don't like the look of that installation. That long bolt looks to be acting as a lever so that in the event of a sudden large force on the seatbelt, the bolt could rip out of its mounting.

Stephen

Yes if it's an original lock. The originals are marked on the spindle but they don't mark the key series letters only the numbers. The replacement locks are not marked with the key number. Here is an original lock of mine. I have obscured two digits. If you don't have a key code marked one option is...

2 photos, 1 each side of my new drop links. On one side the taper has gone in further than the other. Both sides there is plenty of thread through holding the nut on.

Where did the new drop links come from? I got mine from ESM and fitted them as part of a rear suspension overhaul fairly recently. I also fitted reconditioned dampers at the same time as both of mine were leaking. As Phil said, the taper does not go fully into the damper arm. I will take a picture o...

My friend was having problems with his Honda Izzy lawnmower. It would start but cut out after a few seconds. I took the carburettor to pieces and I found lots of nasty aluminium corrosion. I cleaned everything up including removing the main jet, float and needle valve. I managed to tear a gasket but...