Option G50 HD springs??? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Huck · 12-02-2002, 10:01 AM

Have the parts but ---does anyone have this option installed on their 1/2 ton truck with leafs. Need to know how it all goes together----above or below spring, which end is front and which is rear as the center of the overloads is offset, what do the rubber ends bump up against? HELP!!!!!!!! Huck

71Chev · 12-02-2002, 05:05 PM

The longer side goes towards the rear of the truck. Not sure what rubber ends you're talking about.

slam33 · 12-02-2002, 07:40 PM

If your taking about the overload spring that looks like 1/2 of a leaf, there for coil trucks. The mount saddle bolts to the rear of the frame and the wide end of the leaf slopes down and forward. There is a plate that mounts to the top of the axle housing with the U-bolts, that plate has the hole for the rubber bumper and it extends out back of the axle.

12-02-2002, 10:01 AM	#1
Huck Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Shelbyville, KY Posts: 3,269	Option G50 HD springs??? Have the parts but ---does anyone have this option installed on their 1/2 ton truck with leafs. Need to know how it all goes together----above or below spring, which end is front and which is rear as the center of the overloads is offset, what do the rubber ends bump up against? HELP!!!!!!!! Huck

12-02-2002, 05:05 PM	#2
71Chev Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Indiana Posts: 3,074	The longer side goes towards the rear of the truck. Not sure what rubber ends you're talking about. __________________ 71 Chevy CST Long Fleet 350/350/3.07 leaf rear.

12-02-2002, 07:40 PM	#3
slam33 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Long Beach, Ca Posts: 1,432	If your taking about the overload spring that looks like 1/2 of a leaf, there for coil trucks. The mount saddle bolts to the rear of the frame and the wide end of the leaf slopes down and forward. There is a plate that mounts to the top of the axle housing with the U-bolts, that plate has the hole for the rubber bumper and it extends out back of the axle. __________________ 71 LWB 350/350still working on it but it's going tp be sweet. www.geocities.com/stevemau/slam33page.html " TARGET=_blank>http://www.geocities.com/stevemau/slam33page.html?1004806705410 </A>

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