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It appears that a previous owner of my 72 installed a service replacement 10 leaf spring 362153 for a 76-77 Corvette. I’m thinking that even though it’s not original to the car, the ride height is nice so I’ll rebuild it. Curious if anyone has pics like this with the numbers more clear? And also wondering about where to get replacement liners. Seems all kits are 9 leaf. I need some schooling. Thanks in advance.
you can call and ask them for the spacers if none of the sponsors have the right one.
i would double check the width of that spring as well. Is there spacers at the plate for 2 1/4 spring?
what are you going to rebuild? Just the liners? What liners are there now? Some were zinc some plastic..
you can call and ask them for the spacers if none of the sponsors have the right one.
i would double check the width of that spring as well. Is there spacers at the plate for 2 1/4 spring?
what are you going to rebuild? Just the liners? What liners are there now? Some were zinc some plastic..
very clean car!
it looks like those are zinc not plastic. I am not sure where you would find those. maybe Eaton can help there.. if plastic can be substituted.
if you like the spring and no issues squeaking, ride, height etc..
- leave it, it looks like a real oem type replacement spring.
- take it apart, replace bushings (which look good) , check cups paint and reassemble with zinc OR plastic liners?
- replace it (insert choice here)
Very curious to what the answer is on zinc vs plastic..
i also use black brake lube (safe for plastic) in between springs/ liners
check out below https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...c3-spring.html
very clean car!
it looks like those are zinc not plastic. I am not sure where you would find those. maybe Eaton can help there.. if plastic can be substituted.
if you like the spring and no issues squeaking, ride, height etc..
- leave it, it looks like a real oem type replacement spring.
- take it apart, replace bushings (which look good) , check cups paint and reassemble with zinc OR plastic liners?
- replace it (insert choice here)
Very curious to what the answer is on zinc vs plastic..
i also use black brake lube (safe for plastic) in between springs/ liners
check out below https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...c3-spring.html
Thank you!
I like this approach. I will also say that since I replaced my shocks with Bilstein B6s and changed out the rear spring bushings the car rides very nice. And no noise other than a squeaky brake. I also think the ride height is good. But maybe there is room for improvement. Here’s a pic.
Probably the place to start is disassemble the spring and see how everything looks. Then go from there. I have a lot of great info here thanks to you all.
362153 76-77 leaf spring?
