<VV> Springy Thingy in my Grease Cap

[JVHRoberts@aol.com]

Well, it does a little more than that as well. In the day when these cars 
were designed, electrical systems weren't as well designed nor as robust as they 
are today. Given that the dash ground on an LM Corvair is nothing to brag 
about, there was the potential of sending current down the cable, and potentially 
through the bearings. Ball and roller bearing designers recognized this long 
ago as a quick way way to kill a rolling element bearing is to pass current 
through it when it was rotating! This is why the right one doesn't have the same 
grounding spring. 


In a message dated 3/24/2004 12:38:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
VairMech@aol.com writes:
What is that spring?  Do I need it?  Or should I just yank out the broken
pieces and reassemble everything without it?
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    That springy thingy is a static supression devise. I have run many a car 
without one and there is no problems noted. Not even with the radio!
    Ken Hand
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