Thread: Rear spring center bolt question

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Give us a couple of pictures, can't envision what you have there.

Don

I'll take a picture....

What I have, at least what I think that I have, are stock leaf springs out of a '53 Ford F100 minus a few leaves to get the drop and the ride. The rear end is a 10 bolt out of a '75 Chevy Monte Carlo with a spring perch welded on. I have what looks like a standard bolt sticking up out of the spring perch peretruding thru the holes in the leafs, but it is 1" too long with a nut on the top. I'm thinking that it may be the stock center bolt from the leaf pack but it is now too long due to missing leafs. I'll have to look closer, what puzzles me is the fact that the bolt is smaller in diameter than the holes in the spring, that leads me to believe that it may be just a bolt and not the stock center bolt. I think that the stock springs had a rubber bumper on top, that may explain some of the length.

Most any good parts store will have a selection of center springs. I have made my own in a pinch by grinding the head round so it fits in the hole.