Rear leaf Spring bolt/bushing replacement
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Drifting
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Rear leaf Spring bolt/bushing replacement
Have a dual mount rear VBP composite spring and it looks like the bolt bushings are shot esp the top ones. What is the best set to use and can stock ones be used with the VPB spring? Saw on one thread which I can’t find again that poly bushings weren’t recommended
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Do the stock ones look like what you currently have?
https://willcoxcorvette.com/corvette...-set-1963-1981
https://willcoxcorvette.com/corvette...-set-1963-1981
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Drifting
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Do the stock ones look like what you currently have?
https://willcoxcorvette.com/corvette...-set-1963-1981
https://willcoxcorvette.com/corvette...-set-1963-1981
the ones on the front VBP mono leaf spring look to be the same and are in better condition but still crumbling I don’t think they are poly As they feel more like rubber but I don’t understand why they have those slits in them as it seems that’s why they failed
her are pics of front one top and bottom bushing
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Drifting
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yes the last two pics were the top and bottom of front Leaf spring Outer mount
not sure whether to get rubber or poly it’s a sidepipe car and there was suggestion of heat problems with the rear, I’m just driving it on the street
been checking online stock and a few sites are out of poly bushings
