Leaf Spring Painting
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2016 5:44 am
Hello group from sultry Louisiana. I have dismantled the differential, springs etc. for cleaning, seal replacement, new C&P and painting. Question is one of aesthetics (and possible ride concerns???). I plan to paint the leaf springs. Should each leaf be painted complete or should the leaves be assembled then painted? I plan to install anti friction tape between the leaves. I will tape off the bare metal that slides in the trunnions (TA and TB type). Any advice will be welcomed and considered.
Next question but has been discussed before in this forum. Can the trunnion bearings be shimmed with sheet metal? The shim would be against the convex surface of the trunnion and inside the concave of the fixed tube attached to the chassis. Others have had trunnions made by their local machinist. I suspect that is the best solution but I am still asking for a Rube Goldberg idea that others have used successfully. I have hand filed the spring surfaces and the trunnion surfaces but they are too loose a fit in the tube, ~3mm clearance.
Another question on spring surfaces: the sides of the springs rub against hard faced round discs to control lateral movement. I have one surface on the inboard side that is inside the chassis tube that is worn. Can this disc be removed and replaced (and how this is accomplished)? The outboard discs come out with the securing nut so are easy to file smooth again.
Other information, the car has Woodhead Monroe Patented tube shocks installed, in the early '60s is my guess. I am simply going to strip and repaint them. All attempts to find Luvax or TC style dampeners is an epistle onto itself. Monroe R1064 units are not carried by Monroe in the States but can be bought from the UK and of course from "Down Under".
High Regards to All,
Tim Bloomfield
TB0613
Louisiana
Next question but has been discussed before in this forum. Can the trunnion bearings be shimmed with sheet metal? The shim would be against the convex surface of the trunnion and inside the concave of the fixed tube attached to the chassis. Others have had trunnions made by their local machinist. I suspect that is the best solution but I am still asking for a Rube Goldberg idea that others have used successfully. I have hand filed the spring surfaces and the trunnion surfaces but they are too loose a fit in the tube, ~3mm clearance.
Another question on spring surfaces: the sides of the springs rub against hard faced round discs to control lateral movement. I have one surface on the inboard side that is inside the chassis tube that is worn. Can this disc be removed and replaced (and how this is accomplished)? The outboard discs come out with the securing nut so are easy to file smooth again.
Other information, the car has Woodhead Monroe Patented tube shocks installed, in the early '60s is my guess. I am simply going to strip and repaint them. All attempts to find Luvax or TC style dampeners is an epistle onto itself. Monroe R1064 units are not carried by Monroe in the States but can be bought from the UK and of course from "Down Under".
High Regards to All,
Tim Bloomfield
TB0613
Louisiana