My very unusual front spring restoration story..

[Larry Jenkins]

When I got "Pea Cup," my 1930 CCPU basket case, the front spring looked pretty "flat."

Took it apart, and found that the center bolt was broke because the spring leaves all fell on the floor when I removed the two "U" shaped bolts.

Measured the bottom leaf distance between the pin holes and it was about 1/2" longer than specs. Ordered a new one per your recommendations in an earlier post. Will be here Monday.

Wire brushed each spring; ground a radius on each leaf on the bottom of the ends and reassembled with a new bolt using a "C" clamp and a nut wrench that pulled the leaves together very nicely.

Here's the strange part. The assembled spring is now within original factory specs both height and distance between the bottom leaf holes.

I think that the broken bolt caused the spring to look "flat" and measuring only the bottom leaf is not an indicator of condition.

Your thoughts? Any one want a nice original front spring that has been restored?

Larry Jenkins