Front axle spring supports?
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ginom
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Front axle spring supports?
Does anybody know anything about these front spring supporst shown in the attached pics? Do they serve a useful purpose. Thanks for your help!
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Jerry VanOoteghem
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Re: Front axle spring supports?
Aside from stirring conversation, I can't imagine what useful purpose they would serve. Maybe they were supposed to be some form of anti-rebound spring but I can't imagine them being the least bit affective, (or is it effective??).
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RVA23T
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Re: Front axle spring supports?
A repair for part for the broken spring ends?
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Original Smith
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Re: Front axle spring supports?
Get rid of them!
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Jerry VanOoteghem
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Re: Front axle spring supports?
What he said ^
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Humblej
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Re: Front axle spring supports?
Useless and ugly.
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Allan
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Re: Front axle spring supports?
They may serve to limit side sway on the shackles, a bit like a panhard bar does. Hard to see it being as effecfive. Pig ugly though.
Allan from down under.
Allan from down under.