1976 Rear Spring Liners
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Heel & Toe
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1976 Rear Spring Liners
I am rebuilding a rear spring for a 1976 corvette and it has 10 leafs total. I ordered a liner kit from CC and it has seven liners, but the original has 9. Has anyone run into this problem? I also have another original rear spring from another 76 and it has the same 10 leafs/9liners. Thanks for the help!
Melting Slicks
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My '77 has the same spring. I also got a kit that was short two liners. I reused good pieces from my old liners to make up the shorter pieces. I needed to trim some of the new ones so I just laid them out starting with the longest first and worked up until I had a good, old piece, to sub. for the missing ones. I may have had the incorrect kit but did not want to send them back. mike...
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Spring counts seemed to change every few years in the 70's until Corvette adopted the monoleaf but are the kits universal or are they sold by model year and by suspension type...FE7 versus standard?
I'll probably be changing out the liners in a 78 so curious what I'll be looking at.
I'll probably be changing out the liners in a 78 so curious what I'll be looking at.
Team Owner
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Hi h4ca,
I think if I were you I'd call Quanta and ask about the liner count for various years.
For my 71 even though the number of liners was correct, they were a tad short compared to the originals. I bought 1 extra piece and cut the others to fit the next shortest leaf.
Regards,
Alan.
I think if I were you I'd call Quanta and ask about the liner count for various years.
For my 71 even though the number of liners was correct, they were a tad short compared to the originals. I bought 1 extra piece and cut the others to fit the next shortest leaf.
Regards,
Alan.
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Heel & Toe
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Liners
Thanks for the feedback from everyone. I ordered both by model year and suspension type (standard vs heavy duty).
Quanta Products sells the liners individually for $7...problem solved. Thanks again.
Quanta Products sells the liners individually for $7...problem solved. Thanks again.
