Rear Springs 1" Lower

[JC SSP]

Ok if you say so… I might be confused with the top and bottom. Been over 30 since I cut any coil springs.

 

[rocknrod]

Well I got both sides out and the panhard bar installed. Tomorrow I go get the spring compressor rented at O'reilly's. Still sick but I can't let that stop me so I went slow.

 

[JC SSP]

Hope you feel better buddy.

 

[pass1over]

if the bottom of the spring winds off into infinity, so to speak, then that's the end you want to cut. The pigtail can be rotated around to go into the pocket on the lower spring mount. If you cut the top, it won't be flat any longer and won't rest on the top spring perch/mount properly. The front springs on my '66 are the same way.

feel better soon! lot's of rest is key IMO

 

[rocknrod]

Panhard in. Spring on driver side cut and installed. Looked at the spring again and how much I cut off, was not quite 1/6 of it. Really shouldn't do this right now.

 

[DieHarder]

Geez, was this thing kept in a vault? Looks brand new for pity's sake. I've never seen anything so clean for it's age.

 

[rocknrod]

Ya pretty much.

 

[JC SSP]

Clean as a whistle… wow

 

[rocknrod]

So it's raining outside or wet and I dont play that so here it is inside my little shop. Lowered it exactly 1/4" lower than the rear, exactly.

 

[rocknrod]

This is what I removed.

 

[rocknrod]

I plan on removing the rear end this year and dry-ice blast it to clean metal. Replace the stickers and marks then clear coat the axles with KBS Diamond clear. Of course the center section black . . .

 

[DieHarder]

Don't know what you paid for it but looks like it was worth every penny.