Alvin, your last paragraph makes sense.

One other point, if you reverse the springs,would they not have taken a 'set' with being in the other direction for so many years?
Would this/could this have an adverse effect on their overall strength,when they start getting torqued in the other direction?

Just thinkin'......


1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland
In the Stovebolt Gallery
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I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings
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