Rear Leaf Spring Bushing Kit
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Rear Leaf Spring Bushing Kit
Do the bushing cups that go in the rear of the trailing arms have to be flared? If so, how is that done? I am installing a new kit and noticed the old ones were flared in place.
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Last edited by Fishndude; May 26, 2010 at 10:27 AM.
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Me thinks the flaring occurs with age and spring tension. Just installed a new glass spring on my 80, i noticed the same thing. I;ll let gravity do its job.
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You can peen them over with a ball peen hammer head. You can use another hammer and hit the back side of ball peen hammer. It will flare out the top hat of the cup. Once the it rolls out you can tap it flat.
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Thanks again for the replies!!!
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Hi fd,
If the cup didn't need to be fixed in place you can bet Chevrolet wouldn't have done it. It was an extra step that COST something to perform so they'd have stopped it if they could have.
With kaps tool maybe a five minute job?
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Alan
If the cup didn't need to be fixed in place you can bet Chevrolet wouldn't have done it. It was an extra step that COST something to perform so they'd have stopped it if they could have.
With kaps tool maybe a five minute job?
Regards,
Alan
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Your new kit should have the hardware. Already flared. Did this job on my 78 2 years ago. Make sure your car is on stands tires off. You will have to use a block of wood and jack to raise the spring to release tension of the spring. You want to have the jack and wood just to the inside of bushing and bolt. Make sure you don't lift the body. Just release the tension is all.
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Your new kit should have the hardware. Already flared. Did this job on my 78 2 years ago. Make sure your car is on stands tires off. You will have to use a block of wood and jack to raise the spring to release tension of the spring. You want to have the jack and wood just to the inside of bushing and bolt. Make sure you don't lift the body. Just release the tension is all.
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When I removed mine, one was flared and the other wasnt, hence the reason for my original question..
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Maybe 'flared' isn't the right word.
The FACTORY 'crimped' them onto the spring and to the trailing arm by rolling the inner edges over.
For some of us, it's just a matter of copying the factory way.
Necessary? Probably not.
The FACTORY 'crimped' them onto the spring and to the trailing arm by rolling the inner edges over.
For some of us, it's just a matter of copying the factory way.
Necessary? Probably not.
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Never was a more true point made. The factory will do whatever they can to cut costs, ten cents here and twenty cents there adds up to some real money when you're selling cars by the thousands. I made a tool on the lathe very similar to kaps' tool and we affix a bushing cup to every trailing arm we sell. -Jeff
