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November 4, 2005 at 10:34 pm #59943

Chuck & Ollie Ingram

quote daddytiger64:

I have had a number of springs re-arched without problem, broken leaves replaced, and extra leafs added.

The springs will settle so the shop will lift them higher. Also if you tell them you want the ride height to be increased (such as an 1″) then they can do that also. The spring shop can tell you how much they need to increase the arch to achieve your goal.

Someone mentioned longer rear brackets (or shackles) I wouldn’t do that, since obviously your springs have aged (not gracefully) and the longer shackle will add some slop (flexing) to the rear suspension.

Paul B

I agree but when I built my 62 I had to use longer shackles due to overall height and clearances for the uncut ford 8 inch rear end.I also added the straight shocks and in 20 plus years never had a problem.The shacles need to have the plate welded across to make them as per original.This eliminates that old sloppy feeling