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My blazer has this weird piece of stock welded on the drivers leaf spring mount as well. I was gonna grind it off cause it looks dumb but this is the 4th one ive seen. What is it, and why is it?




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yellow 72 blazer

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If you are talking about the piece across the front of the spring eye mount,
Then YES it is FACTORY, and very few BLAZERS still have them on there ;)

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I think I read it was some half-a$$ safety precaution after there was a problem with the early trucks. I don't know what/how it works or why.

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If I recall correctly - there was a concern that if the leaf spring bolt broke - in an accident the leaf spring would shoot forward and the steering would be lost. That strap retains the leaf spring in case of failure?

Or something like that - my Blazer has it - although I ground a little on it when I changed out my leaf springs

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hmmm...well it looks dumb and i think i want mine gone, especially if you say most have been removed anyway.

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I don't know - the Blazer purist police might arrest you for that!

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Yes it is stock. As mentioned it is supposed to hold the leaf spring in place in case of an accident or broken spring. There should also be a piece on the drivers side behind the leaf spring to keep it in place on that end. Just a steel bracket rivited to the frame.

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:haha:

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Yep those pieces are stock mine still has them both woo hoo what do I win..

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I`ve had them on all my 71/72 4wds and they never bothered me enough to do anything with them.I`m not a purist,but I figure it`s there for a reason so I`ll keep it there for the same reason.It may have had something to do with broken frames @ the steering box.It was a recall in`71,came on all`72s.

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Both.....is there posed to be one on the passenger side too?

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No, he's talking about the BACK SIDE of the driver's spring ;)

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I am pretty sure my 69 and 70 still have them on. I have an nos set still in the box with a 32 gm part #. I will look in the box and see what else is in it...

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My Jimmy still had the rear front spring bracket. It had to go, after the four-inch lift. The rear front spring hanger would hit it when I did any off roading, The stock front inverted springs moved the rear hanger forward during flex, the arched lift spring moved the hanger toward the rear.

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I have mine.


Yellow Blazers are puuuuuuuurty.

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Have one on a '72 K-20 suburban, always wondered what it was for.

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Here is a pic of the GM kit for the 4x4's. Hope this helps clear things up.