rear spring - need info
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Burning Brakes
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From: Pearl MS
rear spring - need info
Got a quick question.
I am rebuilding the rear end of my 79' - I have the spring out and am cleaning it up and giving it a fresh coat of paint.
Is there any lubricant that goes between the leafs to prevent any noise?
I am rebuilding the rear end of my 79' - I have the spring out and am cleaning it up and giving it a fresh coat of paint.
Is there any lubricant that goes between the leafs to prevent any noise?
Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '07,'13
You definitely need the spring liners from Zip. Also, you might want to have the spring re-arched at a local spring shop to get it back in shape for the correct ride height...
As far as speciality houses, I was gonna list a few, but didn't want to leave out anyone - I just did an quick 'advanced search' at Google.com for 'corvette parts' and it returned over 700,000 pages!
Sincerely,
Alan G.
Vette Brakes & Products, Inc.
Saint Petersburg, FL
As far as speciality houses, I was gonna list a few, but didn't want to leave out anyone - I just did an quick 'advanced search' at Google.com for 'corvette parts' and it returned over 700,000 pages!
Sincerely,
Alan G.
Vette Brakes & Products, Inc.
Saint Petersburg, FL
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Burning Brakes
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From: Pearl MS
I was not gonna have it re-arched. The stance is good and even and the ride height is good. The only reason that it is out of the car is the diff work that I have going on. I figured that since it was out, I would redo it with new liners. I looked at the Zip website and only could find the ones for '63 to '74 (did not go past '74). The set for '63 to '74 are too small for my spring. So I called Dan at Van Steel and tried to see if he had any. He had no luck locating them.
I figured that I could possible make my own out of truck inner-tube material or go to our rubber supply house and get a sheet of rubber and then cut them to the correct dimensions myself. I figure I need 1/8" thick material (uncompressed) - couple of feet long and 2.5" wide.
Slap that bad boy in there and give it some whatfor.
I figured that I could possible make my own out of truck inner-tube material or go to our rubber supply house and get a sheet of rubber and then cut them to the correct dimensions myself. I figure I need 1/8" thick material (uncompressed) - couple of feet long and 2.5" wide.
Slap that bad boy in there and give it some whatfor.
