We had bought an outdoor cover for the car to protect it from the direct elements but had not expected its first task to be to protect it from 12 inches of snow.
So for a week and a bit I was stuck with looking at catalogues and scanning the various spitfire bases websites for ideas and information.
When I bought the car it was sitting low at the back. Was not sure if this was by design or just age. After looking at lots of cars on-line I decided it was age.
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Too much Negative camber |
So out came the credit card for a new rear leaf spring.
Its been a while since I worked on older cars. I had forgotten the rule that if you are replacing bits that have the chance to have seized then plan time to get hold of the bits that you have had to cut off to finish the job.
So the bolt that goes through the spring mount had managed to seize. I turned it and it would spring back. After trying blow torch and brute force I gave in an cut the bolt off.
Waited 3 days , started on Saturday, for the replacement bolt to arrive in post.
Finally finished the job and put the car back on ground.
What I did not know was that until you have run car forward the spring does not settle into normal operating position I had gone from negative camber to massive positive camber.
So quick search of the forum and the explanation was there. Quick spin around the block and then a recheck of the ride height and camber.
As you can see, much better ride height and camber looking as I would have expected Proof of the pudding was the test drive over the speed bumps. No more grounding the exhaust and a smoother ride.
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