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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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02 Z w/ 34k miles, lowered on stock bolts only, rest BONE STOCK. noticed the front end a little noisy, making a creaking noise when i lowered the car from the jack. took a look and this is what i found. i really expected the valve springs to break before a darn leaf spring. i guess now ill be looking for a new front leaf. what you guys think? i have seen some C6's having this problem as well.

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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 08:57 PM
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Is it still holding the car up?
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 09:17 PM
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it holds the car up fine, with no saging at all, just cracked on the bottom in the pic. you would think that that crack would form on the top part of the spring were it see's the actual load on the spring.
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 09:20 PM
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that will not last too long
don't drive it
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 09:30 PM
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i dont plan on buying it untill i get a new one
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 11:12 PM
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I'm sure you can find a used one in the parts section...but this would be a fantastic time to upgrade to coilovers. You'll never have this happen again.
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 12:54 AM
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This happened to me too. Easy excuse to get some Z06 springs lol. If you just want regular C5 base spring...they only go for like 50 bucks...
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 09:08 AM
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My front leaf was sagging, so I replaced my leaf springs with Pfadt Colivovers. Problem gone!
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Are the springs known for going on Corvettes? I always wondered what the life span of a fiberglass spring is. Mine have 76k miles and look ok, but I am changing them to Z06 springs. Do you do any track days, or did you maybe hit a big hole or bump? That just doesn't seem normal to me. Scary.
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 05:35 PM
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it holds the car up fine, with no saging at all, just cracked on the bottom in the pic. you would think that that crack would form on the top part of the spring were it see's the actual load on the spring.
The crack formed where the load is pulling the spring apart. Under load the end of the spring is pulled up so the bottom side of the spring where it is mounted in the spring support has a tensile force on it.

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I've got a set of C5 Z06 springs I took off my race car that I will be selling. Will only sell as a set - not individually.

Let me know if you are interested.
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