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Old Jan 12, 2022 | 12:01 PM
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Rear leaf spring has the same shim on both sides
Our Corvette was purchased new & is a numbers matching car. Has anyone seem shims like these? Did they ever do this at the factory? Did dealers ever install shims like this? Weird

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Old Jan 12, 2022 | 12:08 PM
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IMO,
no way factory
never seen anything like this, looks like they could fall out in traveling and be dangerous to handling
no sane dealer would install this
I would remove those shims pronto and before driving it.
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Someone (bubba) did that to counteract the effects of a worn out leaf spring. Do NOT drive it as is.
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Old Jan 12, 2022 | 04:59 PM
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Thank you. Having a new rear suspension installed
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