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Title: Replacement leaf springs Post by: middric on 09 August, 2022, 09:28:48 AM Hi everyone, proud new owner of a Fulvia and I’m in need of a bit of assistance. Where’s the best place to source a replacement front leaf spring for a S1 Fulvia coupe? I have a weak one on LHF giving the car a rather lopsided appearance.
Title: Re: Replacement leaf springs Post by: lancialulu on 09 August, 2022, 02:51:26 PM Cavallitto in Turin but probably closed for summer....
Title: Re: Replacement leaf springs Post by: LanciAlan on 10 August, 2022, 02:00:06 PM I would also check first that your Fulvia droop is not caused by a kinked front chassis leg like TWO of my cars have due to inept handling of subframe during removal or during repairs to mounting point boxes at front of sills. The loading on the front mounting points would be massive if the other mounting points were left off without adequate support for the subframe carrying the engine and gearbox. On one of my cars I can see the distortion (upwards) in the large horizontal panel over the front wheel in the engine bay while in the other car it is also evident in the line of the outer wing. The damage is quite subtle and I only figured it out after much replacing of front/rear springs and support buffers and deduction made on the basis of repairs done before my ownership. I'm working on a DIY fix... >:( (My first use of an emoji in the field). There is also the possibility of whole shell distortion whether due to corrosion and/or insufficient bracing/support when cutting away metal to repair it. I have a bit of that in the fleet too....
Title: Re: Replacement leaf springs Post by: middric on 12 August, 2022, 08:01:15 AM Excellent thank you both - I'll check for distortion too.
Title: Re: Replacement leaf springs Post by: davidwheeler on 21 September, 2022, 08:44:19 AM http://www.owensprings.co.uk/springs/leaf-spring-repairs/ for instance.
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