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I'm doing some work on a 1972 I recently bought from a friend that never really gave it any attention and noticed the rear leaf spring bolts (left and right rear) have a stack of 7-8 washers between the leafspring itself and the castle nut. From my understanding this will raise the rearend of the car to some degree. I'm going to be replacing the rear leaf spring bushings in a few days and was wondering what length these bolts are supposed to be. I'm looking to make it back to factory. I'm planning on removing the washers since I know they're not there originally and wonder whether I should just buy a whole new kit that includes the bolt/bushings/retainers/nut.
Your correct on both counts. The washers don't belong there and yes they will raise the rear ride height. the factory bolts are 6 and 3/8ths inches long. If you replace the bushings with rubber, standard length bolts should be fine for standard ride height. With poly spring bushings, (The poly bushings just don't compress like the rubber), I would buy longer bolts to adjust ride height as necessary.
1972 Rear Leaf Spring Bolt Question
