rear leaf spring.which way round?

[alan pettit]

i have a swingspring i want to try in my early spit. does it matter which way faces front? are there any marks to look out for if it is important which way round it sits?
thanks

[Clive]

there is a front and back. If you can tell which is which well done, but it really doesn't matter :)

[drofgum]

Oh come now, the front is the side nearer when you are sitting in the seat driving the car  ;D
Paul

[Velocita Rosso]

The original workshop manual says" the spring is marked front for correct location". However I have never seen any markings on modern day springs
The photo in the book shows the nuts on the leaf clamps to be at the front, but seeing as the clamps are able to be reversed I cant see how that makes a difference
Factor 30...slap it on!

[TimW]

My original spring has an aluminium tag on the clamp nut with "FRONT" stamped into it

[Gt6s]

339 wrote:

My original spring has an aluminium tag on the clamp nut with "FRONT" stamped into it

That is what it should have.

[RedRooster]

339 wrote:

My original spring has an aluminium tag on the clamp nut with "FRONT" stamped into it

So is it convex or concave?  ;)