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11-03-2023, 2:17pm | #1 | ||||||
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1967 Rear Leaf spring (replaced)
My 67 L68 rear (original) leaf sping looks brand new (cleaned, new pads, and painted gray).
I have had to purchase new non stock strut rod bolts (5" lg) for the car sit level My qustion is: This winter I will be removing the diff and trans, should I have the main leaf of spring re-curved? It looks almost flat when the car sits on the ground, has some arch but not much Do not want to go fiberglass |
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ride? I would leave your springs alone ,if the ride is good. |
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peace of mind. No I dont see the need to recurve the spring. Short or long as long as you have enough bolt thread to level your car, you are ok. |
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You guys are missing my point, with stock length bolts the car "squats" so I put in 5" long grade 8 bolts and now the car sits level. I replace the bushing also.
The spring "looks fine" but something has to be wrong where the stock length bolts won't work. My guess the spring is weak, so should I have it re "curved"? or buy new? (its the original BB spring with 45,000 miles on it) |
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Just buy a new one. Local spring shops should have the original specs
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If you are convinced you need a new spring look into Eaton Springs - and be leery of re'arching, it is a big deal....it requires heat and annealing the springs and ain't cheap if done right. Personally, if you have the car sitting level I'd leave it be; read the attachment for the process of re-arching.
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Update: I purchased a spring from Eaton (was a pain in the butt to disassemble and paint gray) car now sits perfectly level with the correct length trailing arm bolts with castle nuts, ride is smooth.
Only grip is I had to re use my other spring's liners because the one on the new Eaton spring did not stick out enough Question, I removed the two outer bands (when I took the spring apart for painting). Do I re install them or toss them? my other spring did not have them |
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Throw it away then your looking for a part later and you will say I should not of thrown that part away. |
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