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Has anybody heard of or have done strengthening of there leaf springs on a TX2

any leaf spring can be strengthed or have uprated springs fitted or leaves added

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

Try GME for advice


http://www.gmesprings.co.uk/

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

I had a Mk1 transit that I fitted with a V6 engine. To increase the spring rate (leaf springs on the front) I fitted a couple of smallish coil springs between centre of the axle and chassis.
It worked well.
The U bolts on the picture above are the longest I've ever seen I wonder what they came off.

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Selling Imperial tools for old cars.

i used to work in HGV parts, those are "small" compared with some

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also, between the leaves, you can fit delrin liners to lube the movement


http://www.tankerpartsstore.com/mm5/mer ... EAFSPRINGS

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Those in the pic seem much longer than they need be.I've seen those spring assisters before do they actually work? I tried some similar ones (made I think by a firm called grayston) but they seemed to do nothing.

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Selling Imperial tools for old cars.

I bet they're fitted to ensure you can add more leaf springs in the future.

I would guess that the U bolts are that long to start with so that you can actually fit them around the springs before tensioning. You could always cut the excess length off when they were fitted.

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Grandad,

If it was mine I'd have to cut them down,it just looks wrong plus they might damage pedestrians when you drive over them.

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Selling Imperial tools for old cars.

But they will etch some lovely "Railway Lines" in sleeping policemen!

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Chris The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdlyi5mc ... re=related

problem is you can make them TOO heavy duty, might as well bolt some bricks between the axle and chassis instead

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Thanks for all the info, but gave in and bought a new set hope it will give some new life to the old girl

and dont pick up FB's....lol

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most