front wishbone rebuild

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I think you will need to know a bit more to get the right springs as you need to know the gauge of the wire and the spring poundage not to mention the amount of coils. The free length is not very relevant as different makes come up with various mesurments. I can only sugest you give Watjag who supplied my springs a call to get the stats then compare that to yours.
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I have received the new set of springs for the rear suspension and all dimensions according to the workshop manual are correct, these came from SNG Barratt and they are being fitted at the beginning of June, and at the same time the front's are being removed to check.


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With reference to the sandwich front mountings on page 1, I checked mine whilst I was under the doing an oil change and found mine are coming apart. They are only 2 years old, I think I fitted the cheaper pattern parts offered by the usual suspects. Going to order the more expensive genuine parts tomorrow and see how long they last.
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I have mentioned it before Nigel but I was told recently that there is not as much actual rubber in the mounting blocks as there used to be due some EU law that says they have to have a certain amount of biodegradability. Hence they do not last as long these days. Poly bushes are the way to go if they make them for the sandwich plates.
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They maybe not as good as they used to be but this is not acceptable, I've just replaced mine this time with genuine parts from D. Manners that came in Jaguar bags. The photo is a mount only two years old, sorry for the bad quality pic.
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I am late to this party...but here is Miss Kitty in original condition, untouched. I cannot measure, because she is in a thousand parts. I think she is ppppperrrrrffffeeecccttttt
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