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msmith · 04-22-2004, 06:41 PM

Have a 72 Blazer. Currently rebuilding it for mud racing.

Does anyone know of a company that makes a conversion kit to put 73' model leafs on the front. They are only a few inches longer. Just wondering if anyone has seen anyone advertising anything like that.

Longhorn Man · 04-23-2004, 12:02 AM

I can't answer your Q, but I can welcome you to the board.
Where you located at?

msmith · 04-23-2004, 09:55 AM

Louisiana

Longhorn Man · 04-23-2004, 10:08 AM

Awsome, we have a few members there, moe just north of you. I was in Challmette (just east of New orleans) for X-mas...got family down there.
Home you find what you're lookin for, but I doubt there is anything on the market though.
I am not familiar with the 4X4 frames, but can you cut a couple rivits and move the spring perch a little to acomidate the later spring?
Out of curiosity, why do you want to put the later spring on there?

msmith · 04-23-2004, 10:14 AM

The later spring is longer. Should yield a smoother ride and more travel. We had a custom set of springs built a few years ago and never used them. Light spring rate, thin leaves, military wrap, etc. But they are for a 73-87. Will probably just move the mounts. Do you know of anyone who sells factory style hangers/shackles?

**Yukon Jack** · 04-23-2004, 01:22 PM

You can get a beefier rear shackle for the front springs from www.offroaddesign.com I buy all my suspension parts from them and they are pretty knowledgeable and very nice to deal with. I believe your only option for using a longer spring up front would be to move your front hanger. Get too long of a rear shackle and you will throw your pinion angle off too much.

04-22-2004, 06:41 PM	#1
msmith Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3	Spring conversion Have a 72 Blazer. Currently rebuilding it for mud racing. Does anyone know of a company that makes a conversion kit to put 73' model leafs on the front. They are only a few inches longer. Just wondering if anyone has seen anyone advertising anything like that.

04-23-2004, 01:22 PM	#6
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,684	You can get a beefier rear shackle for the front springs from www.offroaddesign.com I buy all my suspension parts from them and they are pretty knowledgeable and very nice to deal with. I believe your only option for using a longer spring up front would be to move your front hanger. Get too long of a rear shackle and you will throw your pinion angle off too much. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

04-23-2004, 12:02 AM	#2
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	I can't answer your Q, but I can welcome you to the board. Where you located at?

04-23-2004, 09:55 AM	#3
msmith Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3	Louisiana

04-23-2004, 10:08 AM	#4
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Awsome, we have a few members there, moe just north of you. I was in Challmette (just east of New orleans) for X-mas...got family down there. Home you find what you're lookin for, but I doubt there is anything on the market though. I am not familiar with the 4X4 frames, but can you cut a couple rivits and move the spring perch a little to acomidate the later spring? Out of curiosity, why do you want to put the later spring on there?

04-23-2004, 10:14 AM	#5
msmith Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3	The later spring is longer. Should yield a smoother ride and more travel. We had a custom set of springs built a few years ago and never used them. Light spring rate, thin leaves, military wrap, etc. But they are for a 73-87. Will probably just move the mounts. Do you know of anyone who sells factory style hangers/shackles?



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