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The Chainsaw · 03-17-2016, 03:34 PM

Found out that a couple of the holes in the frame where the rivets hold the rear shock mounts were pretty messed up.

Took the rivets out, drilled the holes larger, and put in new grade 8 bolts. I will probably put a couple spot welds on the bracket to the frame just to prevent anything from making noise.

I am still up in the air about what to do about the rear suspension/rearend. I am focusing a lot on ride quality while retaining decent towing capacity.

Does anybody have ANY experience with replacing the stock leaf springs for the newer model 63" springs? Not too difficult to remake the spring mounts, but I don't want to a ton of extra work for a negligible ride difference.

03-17-2016, 03:34 PM	#11
The Chainsaw Registered User Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Orland, CA Posts: 103	Re: 1972 C/20 Custom Deluxe Daily Driver Build Found out that a couple of the holes in the frame where the rivets hold the rear shock mounts were pretty messed up. Took the rivets out, drilled the holes larger, and put in new grade 8 bolts. I will probably put a couple spot welds on the bracket to the frame just to prevent anything from making noise. I am still up in the air about what to do about the rear suspension/rearend. I am focusing a lot on ride quality while retaining decent towing capacity. Does anybody have ANY experience with replacing the stock leaf springs for the newer model 63" springs? Not too difficult to remake the spring mounts, but I don't want to a ton of extra work for a negligible ride difference.