Johnl, You never stated why you wanted to replace your
leaf springs. If it is because the original ones are
sagging, that is not a problem. You can have them reworked
at a truck spring place.
I have a 66 Town & Country that was used for towing a
trailer that had a 1000 lb tongue weight. What I did myself,
was disassemble the leaves and individually recurve them
with a hydraulic press. This was done in small steps every
two to three inches along the length of the individual leaves.
When reassembled, I actually had to go back and redo them
again because I over calculated and the car gained more
height then I wanted. That was 20 years ago and the old
wagon still sits at a good height now.
John
>
> In a message dated 2/23/2004 9:07:09 PM Eastern Standard
> Time, Johnl101 writes:
>
> > FOUND OUT YOU CAN'T BUY NEW LEAF SPRINGS, THEY HAVE TO BE
> COPIED AND MADE NEW. IS THIS TRUE? ARE THERE ANY THINGS I
> SHOULD BE WATCHING OUT FOR? AS FOR SHOCKS ARE THERE A
> CERTAIN KIND THAT ARE BETTER THEN OTHERS THAT I SHOULD BUY?
> > SORRY TO SOUND SO IGNORANT BUT MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE
> AUTOMOBILE IS
> > TIGHTNING A LOOSE SCREW. THANK GOODNESS FOR THIS
> > CLUB AND YOUR EXPERTICE ON IMPERIALS,
> > ' 61 IMP. JOHNL
>
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