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dfw81shark
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Hello,
First of all, I was wondering if anyone knew which rear spring I have. It doesn't appear stock, as it has warning installation instructions on the spring. It also looks fairly new. I bought the car just over a year ago and it was already on there. I have attached pictures of the spring and its condition. I see it is peeling on the bottom, I think I need to replace it. Am I correct? I saw Scott's 81 on c3sharktank and saw he switched over to a 7-leaf. I'd think the fiberglass should be lighter, but I'd take strength and not messing with it over weight savings, if strength is what a 7-leaf would get me. I have at least 40 extra lbs of speakers in the car, and I'm at least 40 lbs overweight myself, so what's another 40 lbs? Any recommendations? I like how this one performs, so if someone could identify it, I'd like to replace it with a same strength spring. I looked on vb&p, since the strut rods are definitely from there, and the part numbers were nowhere near what vb&p had. I have no clue where this could have come from.
I've also pulled the rear-end out of it, and with some PMs to '81 vette', and some help from one of my car buddies, we got it out. Didn't break anything either, except that we stripped 2 u-joint strap bolts. They were 12 point and very hard to get off, but I've already got new 6 points ready to go back in. Now the diff is in the shop and should come back in a couple of weeks as 3.55 (yay!). Many thanks to '81 vette', the tie-rod spindle support for not busting, and no thanks to Hayne's manuals as they are too generic and would have cause much more heartache had I followed its recommendations (i.e. "remove the eight carrier-to-cover bolts and let the oil drain from the carrier....) It came out in one piece.
I'll post what this venture cost. I'm hoping nowhere near 2k as I've seen other people pay. Actually I hope to not exceed $500.
Also, props to Scott's 81 underside - if I can get mine to look half as good as your car underneath, I'd be ecstatic.
Michael
First of all, I was wondering if anyone knew which rear spring I have. It doesn't appear stock, as it has warning installation instructions on the spring. It also looks fairly new. I bought the car just over a year ago and it was already on there. I have attached pictures of the spring and its condition. I see it is peeling on the bottom, I think I need to replace it. Am I correct? I saw Scott's 81 on c3sharktank and saw he switched over to a 7-leaf. I'd think the fiberglass should be lighter, but I'd take strength and not messing with it over weight savings, if strength is what a 7-leaf would get me. I have at least 40 extra lbs of speakers in the car, and I'm at least 40 lbs overweight myself, so what's another 40 lbs? Any recommendations? I like how this one performs, so if someone could identify it, I'd like to replace it with a same strength spring. I looked on vb&p, since the strut rods are definitely from there, and the part numbers were nowhere near what vb&p had. I have no clue where this could have come from.
I've also pulled the rear-end out of it, and with some PMs to '81 vette', and some help from one of my car buddies, we got it out. Didn't break anything either, except that we stripped 2 u-joint strap bolts. They were 12 point and very hard to get off, but I've already got new 6 points ready to go back in. Now the diff is in the shop and should come back in a couple of weeks as 3.55 (yay!). Many thanks to '81 vette', the tie-rod spindle support for not busting, and no thanks to Hayne's manuals as they are too generic and would have cause much more heartache had I followed its recommendations (i.e. "remove the eight carrier-to-cover bolts and let the oil drain from the carrier....) It came out in one piece.
I'll post what this venture cost. I'm hoping nowhere near 2k as I've seen other people pay. Actually I hope to not exceed $500.
Also, props to Scott's 81 underside - if I can get mine to look half as good as your car underneath, I'd be ecstatic.
Michael