Rear Spring Buttons

[GT6MK3]

Seeing as I'm at the other end of the world, it's going to be quicker to make some than wait for postage.  I can get Teflon rod across the counter.

Can anyone help out with the dimensions?

Cheers,

Craig

[CharlieB]

18mm diameter by 5mm thick for my spring (the rubber ones were 6mm thick but compressed more than the nylon I used).

[GT6MK3]

Cheers Charlie.

18 mill diameter.

If the 5 mill total thickness (Including the base and top), or simply the top?  Do you have the base diamater?

Im assuming (from photo's I've seen) that the buttons have a wide top and a narrow base that fits into the hole in the spring.

Only example I can find is on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Triumph-Spitfire-Leaf-Spring-Buttons_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem23061cabaaQQitemZ150426397610QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Anyone?


Craig

[CharlieB]

The rubber buttons on my spring which I copied were a simple disk 18mm diameter by 6mm thick.
Other springs may have other types of buttons?
The ones in the ebay listing, apart from having a wider bit, look much thicker, perhaps to compensate for a sagging spring?

http://www.canleyclassics.com/?xhtml=xhtml/diagram/spitfire1500rearsuspensionroadspring.html&xhtmlcatalogue=xhtml/catalogue/spitfire1500.html&category=axlessuspensiondriveshaftsandwheels&xsl=diagram.xsl

[GT6MK3]

Cheers and thanks Charlie,

New plan, Pull out the spring in the morning and design my own.

(Unless anyone has a better answer)

C.

[Martyn GT6]

I Used tap washers :-/

[junkuser]

I used early Holden ones in the Spit.

The button that goes into the spring had to be reduced in diameter a little.

Have a look around, there may be others.

[99176]

Simple disc does the job.
Well worth making the area of leaf above the button as smooth as possible (really worth while if swingspring).
I then wipe all over with silicon grease (v. expensive) and wrap whole thing with tape.