Busy afternoon

[anddon]

Had a busy afternoon, fitted my new front springs, i put 145lb -1" on, i was amazed at the difference in the springs when i sat them side by side, i understand the old ones to be 145lb +1". ( i thought i had bought the wrong ones ). the old ones have a green paint mark and a white paint mark ??????
i also fitted my 7" wheels, what a nightmare , i couldn't get the back ones on, i had to pull them on with the nuts in the end, after rubbing down the drum and centerbore with emery.
i will post pics when i get chance of my new lower front end, don't know whether its too low now though. oh well its done now

[Banishit]

if you had to pull the 7's on with the nuts they will be a bolloxs to get off again, you should have emeried the edge of the wheel centre back as well, I had exactly the some prob on the fronts and ended up with a block of wood and a big hammer !!! no damage though

[anddon]

i did mate, but i was in a rush to get them on in the end, so would probably be best to get them off again sometime soon.
i think they look mucking fint on. lovely stuff

[Kel]

I had the same issue with fitting the 7's on the rear.

[anddon]

Be....atch aren't they, did you just rub them down in the end ?

[anddon]

heres a pic of the old and new springs, old ones on the left with a green and a white mark on them, ones on the right are 145lb -1", any ideas what poundage the other one is?

http://www.redslate.co.uk/upload/pics/Mk2008a.jpg

[Banishit]

by the look of it 230+ they are thick mate

[anddon]

according to a receipt i am sure it said 145, so you can see why i was concerned when i took them off the actual 145's are a damn sight smaller. i wonder why he needed them so heavy and raising it by an inch too.

[Banishit]

just dont think they are 145's mate they are 1/2 as big again diameter spring steel

[anddon]

i agree with you buddy, to bloddy big aren't they