Rear spring insulator and rubber?
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From: Burbank WA
Rear spring insulator and rubber?
1981 original parts... I'm putting the rear suspension back together this weekend and I want to replace the insulator pad and rubber that goes between the rear spring and the differential. The existing parts are really worn. Does anyone know where I can get new/repro parts? I called Doc Rebuild and they were very helpful, but didn't carry what I needed. I didn't see this part in any of the major catalogs. I'd rather not go the "Bubba" route if I can avoid it!
Thanks for your help in advance...
Thanks for your help in advance...
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I just replaced the rear spring on my 72 last week and I did not find a rubber pad between the old spring and the differential. There are liners between the leaves in the spring.
If you are talking about a monoleaf spring, maybe the pad came with the spring.
cc
If you are talking about a monoleaf spring, maybe the pad came with the spring.
cc
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From: Burbank WA
I believe that this is an item unique to the fiberglass springs used in 81-82. I have never seen this setup on earlier models. Maybe I need to be looking at 84 and up for this part? Does anyone know how much the rear suspension changed with the 84 models?
