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28ACoupe · 02-13-2014, 12:39 AM

Greetings all,

I have a front spring that was on the frontend that I bought for my car. Today, I went to press in the new bushings into the eyes and the bushings were way too small. I don't remember there being more than one front spring on the cars but I could be wrong. Alternately, could I have been sent the wrong bushings?

I was sent four that were all the same size along with two shackles and two of the bushings pressed into the spring perches just fine.

BRENT in 10-uh-C · 02-13-2014, 06:31 AM

The spring eye on all passenger springs was the same size however there were several other aftermarket spring manufacturers back in the day. Your spring may be an aftermarket.

QGolden · 02-13-2014, 06:46 AM

An older thread on that topic here. Seems to a manufacturing anomaly?

http://fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102512

28ACoupe · 02-13-2014, 09:58 AM

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Ok thanks. It would seem that I have one of the "different from kit" springs.

02-13-2014, 12:39 AM	#1
28ACoupe Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 559	Model A front spring Greetings all, I have a front spring that was on the frontend that I bought for my car. Today, I went to press in the new bushings into the eyes and the bushings were way too small. I don't remember there being more than one front spring on the cars but I could be wrong. Alternately, could I have been sent the wrong bushings? I was sent four that were all the same size along with two shackles and two of the bushings pressed into the spring perches just fine. __________________ 1928 Model A Business Coupe Rebuild picture gallery here The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts.

02-13-2014, 06:31 AM	#2
BRENT in 10-uh-C Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Eastern Tennessee Posts: 11,516	Re: Model A front spring The spring eye on all passenger springs was the same size however there were several other aftermarket spring manufacturers back in the day. Your spring may be an aftermarket. __________________ . BRENT in 10-uh-C . www.model-a-ford.com ...(...Finally Updated!! ) .

02-13-2014, 06:46 AM	#3
QGolden Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Alton, NH Posts: 1,231	Re: Model A front spring An older thread on that topic here. Seems to a manufacturing anomaly? http://fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102512 __________________ It's not what people think they know that will hurt them, it is what they think they know that aint so! -Mark Twain. It is the very things that we think we know, that keep us from learning what we should know.- Unknown

02-13-2014, 09:58 AM	#4
28ACoupe Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 559	Re: Model A front spring Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Ok thanks. It would seem that I have one of the "different from kit" springs. __________________ 1928 Model A Business Coupe Rebuild picture gallery here The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts.