Thread: Anyone used a Durant monoleaf??????

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I've used the Durant spring and liked it. They can fail without some precautions though. The original space blocks that are supplied can cause problems either side of the center hole as there are significant stress risers by their design I didn't use their block as I had one made up that used a taper on each side to lower the concentration of energy in a small area. A multi leaf spring in effect does that by spreading out those forces. This is one of their original blocks, as resurrected from my odds and ends pile. Sorry about the photo quality - I keep saying I need to get my wife a better camera


The old Chebbie Nova's and most later 'vettes used/use a single leaf spring - the Nova's was steel, the 'Vette, fiberglass