Tom Posted April 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Bu##er I have just put it in with the word front at the front ie. front being where my feet are in the pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Tom said: Bu##er I have just put it in with the word front at the front ie. front being where my feet are in the pic! See? It still causes confusion! Do you put it at the back in which case it reads 'front' from the back, or do you put it at the front, in which case it reads 'front' from the front, but that's actually the back? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted April 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 I haven't removed it yet, can it go either way round? Why didn't they just stamp an arrow on it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 front would be towards the front , but its pretty pointless marking the base plate leaf the WSM just says "its marked front for position correction" what ever thats supposed to mean and when on car you wont read it anyway pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Flinn Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 I refurbished an original spring for my Vitesse after getting through two Reproduction ones which sagged😫 It may be worth a strip down, clean off all the rust, prime/paint and reassemble with new bolts and also replace the 8 rubber buttons (4 per side) which help reduce wear presumably? I also coated the leaves with a mixture of Dinitrol rust proofing fluid and graphite grease to help prevent wear. My spring had the same confusing writing although it doesn't matter which way round it's fitted as far as I'm aware. Regards Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 A Triumph transverse spring is symmetrical, it fits either way around. The story is that assembly workers at Canley were wasting time, putting it on one way, deciding it didn't fit, turning it round, re-deciding and putting it back etc etc. So The Management decided, mark it on one side with "Front". And the glitch in the production line was solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 If you look at the clamps, it's a bolt through a spacer tube with a nut on one end. I always liked to fit them with the nuts to the rear so that they're (very slightly) protected from the worst that the road throws at them, just in case they ever need to come apart. I've always greased any spring I disassemble and wrapped with Denso tape; it may be pointless but it looks neater, and they never squeak... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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