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Replacing rear spring


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I've removed my hold spring and removed the clamp fom it that bolts to diff, on the new spring it doesn't have the plate inserted in spring and I can't see how you would put it in there, also am I right in thinking that you remove the clamp that's in the middle of the new spring to fit the clamp that goes to diff minus the bottom plate

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You mean the place between the bottom leave and the rest ?

You will need to take that out of your old spring and insert that between the leaves of the new spring + also the spacer tube where the bolts goes through that holds the top bit on.

Hope this makes sense  :o

Ps that small clamp on your new leaf spring will need to be removed .

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That small clamp is just there for keeping it together before the cage is fitted. The cage has a pivot bearing inside that allows the car to roll when compared to the rear axle.

This gives you the better handling of the "Swing-Spring" when compared to the rigid sprig of the earlier Spitfires and is also why you need a larger anti-roll bar.

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