Morris Minor Owners Club

has any one out there completely dismantled the rear springs down to individual pieces and rebuilt them?
if you have, where can you find the locating rivits/pins that go through the springs or can you re-use these rivits/pins.
i want to strip mine down for a good clean and fresh paint. they are 5 leaf on a 64 2 door saloon. any help would be welcome

Yes, I have done this- and you can buy the rubbers and U clamps that attach spring to axle from the usual suppliers. However, I was lucky in that all the little clamps that hold the leaves together responded well to an overnight soak in 10% citric acid, painting in zinc primer and chassis black. These clamps (from memory, it was a couple of years ago I did this) are just a bit of bent steel held around the springs with a little nut and bolt and a small piece of rubber between clamp and spring. You could possibly make your own if the existing ones are knackered.

Springs are easy to strip, clean, paint and re-assemble and look great with a painted rear axle!

thanks for the info. my first idea was to replace the pin that goes through the little strapy things with a stainless button head bolt and a nylock washer if the rivits were unobtainable.