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MG MGA - Rear Spring Refurb

What preparation and treatment is required on the rear spring interleaf surfaces?
P Draycott

none
Dominic Clancy

Bit of a "wordy" answer there Dominic! :^)

Colyn

Colyn Firth

.

:)
Dominic Clancy

I thought this was a forum of like minded enthusiasts with an ethos of providing friendly advice and support. I'll stick to mgexp and mgaguru.
P Draycott

Don't give up on us just yet "P Draycott" (sorry, don't have your first name).

Dominics answer, whilst admittedly very short, was basically correct.

Unfortunately, it also appealed to my warped sense of humour, apologies if I didn't appear to be very helpful.
I have found that if you own and work on an MGA, then you do develop a sense of humour as a coping mechanism :^)

Here's a section from Barneys website on the subject of painting rear springs.

"You can clean the parts in your favorite fashion, wire brush, sanding, sand blasting, or chemical cleaning. Media blasting is recommended, as it stress relieves the surface to discourage stress cracks.

You can then paint the parts, with a few words of caution. As a general rule, you should not paint the paint surfaces between the leafs where they rub together in operation. Paint there would screw up the friction properties resulting in degraded ride quality. It is better to reassemble the springs first and paint them afterward. Do not paint inside of the front spring eye where the new Silentbloc bushing will be press fit. This bushing can be installed before painting."
This is the link to the complete section on MGA Guru
http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/suspensn/rs108.htm

Best of luck with the springs

Cheers
Colyn

Colyn Firth

Thanks Colin.
P Draycott

I just spotted a thread on the subject of refurbishing rear springs that you may find
interesting, on the MG Experience Forum.

https://www.mgexp.com/forum/mga-forum.2/rear-springs-refurbishing.4247980/
Hope that works.
Cheers
Colyn
Colyn Firth

It’s a MGC not MGA but in case it helps, here’s a YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAk_xrf_IjY
Graham V

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