Originally Posted by gomog
Originally Posted by Leroy
Originally Posted by gomog
Originally Posted by Leroy
I followed the diagram above when I installed my steering bearings, but found trying to get the main spring back in impossible, so had to compress them with straps.

How odd! What happened exactly? The same method has been followed by many hundreds for 40-50 years with great success. It is the
safest method for the job.
Did you measure the length of your new main springs before installing them?
Lorne

I kept the original springs, which will have increased the compression needed to get it back in, just too much for me to get in by hand.


Thank you Leroy. So they were longer with the rungs further apart..?

The MMC has been playing with front spring rates for different reasons for the last two decades, primarily in an effort
to make the front "softer" which effects the front handling A LOT..especially as the cars have become heavier. That is
why I asked you for the length. For more powerful Morgan models, I recommend the original rates. Your Series I
Roadster falls into that category. (I very much like that Roadster model). They used to call then, probably still do!
'Plus Four main springs. Plus Fours and Plus Eights used them for decades. Picture below. They have the original +4
and +8 140 rate.

The MMC embraced the eMog fad for steering races (those bearing thingies at the bottom of the main springs) in late
2007. I am not sure if or how they adjusted the springs for added pre-load. If so, I wonder which springs you were sent.
A lower or higher rate changes the car's comportment in turns. I find the 140s crisper handling than the mild wallowing
one I sense with lower rates in a more powerful Morgan like yours (or my car). If you feel an unwelcome change, merely
swapping Main Springs in or out is not too much of a chore, as you know now. Merely fiddly.

Good luck.

Lorne
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My springs are labelled plus 8, so I guess they have a higher compression rate.

2004 Series 1 Roadster