Leaf Spring Source

Suprise, surprise, surprise!
Guess what UPS just delivered?



Brand spankin new....
With all the bushings!!!

Thanks for all the help Joe.....

Man thats great y'all ! Its a shame 2nd Gens are tapered,sure nobody fools with them,beings their limited to a 4 year run.

Digz wrote:Just thought I would pass this on,
I did some calling and found out that State Spring Service in Grand rapids MI. still has prints for making springs for my 65. sounds like 650$ will get all four, a 6 and 7 leaf combination for stock. Their number is 1-800-727-8729.
Now, if I can get time to get there!

Moe,
Ya never know. After all these are for a 1st Gen. Only made them for a few years as well. Give Jim a call at State Spring......

Man I really wanna do a Forrest Gump line about now. Glad ya could get them okay! Those will put a lil' rise in yer stride,, Now If ya could tell me the make and part number of your air shocks?

OK, New spring are in. Rides awsome.

Did learn a few things in the process. The pass side front spring that was sagging was not the right spring Turns out it had been replaced at one point and with a softer and lesser rated spring. That was what caused the sagging. Shackle bolts came out very easy like they had just been installed yesterday, everything was in great shape too. And since I was going to replace the front ones I just had to replace the rears too. Took about 40 min and 2 beers per spring with no issues at all !!!

So, what I have now is 1 very good front spring and 2 almost perfect rear springs if anyone has interest before they hit eBay. Let me know.

She sits really nice too. This is after a 5 mile road test to let them settle. This is "Without" using the Airshocks.....



Here's the ends of the old front springs. You can see the size different size!!



And here's the old rear springs. In very good condition....

Maybe but it was causing the front pass side to sag real bad. Either way I'm new all the way around and have one and two good rears as spares. Sure someone will need them sooner or later.

This one was replace with an incorrect spring. They have the same arc but the replacement one has a lesser load rating and sagged under the add'l weight. No biggie, done deal and she's riding high and level now. Ready for the 15" centerlines and all this brake and disc conversion stuff I've been collecting.

I have seen it to Don. I've got a 1st gen front axle with 2 diff springs,and another set of front springs that don't match.Was told they came off 66 Van???

I only have 8 1st gen. axles left here and the larger spring eye on the passenger side is normal from the factory. I had some break over the years and I just got another one from the junkyard.

I did subject them to some strain sometimes

gotavan wrote:I only have 8 1st gen. axles left here and the larger spring eye on the passenger side is normal from the factory.

donivan65 wrote:My original front springs were mismatched as well as the CrashVan,,,,,so they come on some vans that way,,,,,,here is the 1964 specs,,,,,I think 5 leafs are standard, 6 are heavy duty and I have no idea what the LESSER LOAD RATING that Dan keeps talking about. I would like to be able to tell if a spring is good by looking at it before putting it on and see if it sags,,,,,,

This wasn't the issue on mine. This pass side had a much lighter spring, smaller ring size and thinner leafs. Someone just simply replace it at some point with what I can only figure is a car spring. They may have put many different springs in our vans over the years but this one was not a van spring and that was the problem.
No matter, all new springs now and she's riding high and level.

Don, I would like to be able to tell if a spring is good by looking at it too.... But looking at this spring once it was out you could tell it wasn't right.