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Old 07-07-2005, 02:29 PM   #1
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I have a dumb question ...

I have a dumb question ... or at least one that highlights my ignorance... lol

I do not have leafsprings. What is my rear suspension called?
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Old 07-07-2005, 02:30 PM   #2
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When you look under the rear of the truck... several inches in front of the rear axle....do you see a wound up coil? Similar to that is on the front?

If so...NO....you have a coil spring rear with trailing arms.

If there are no coils (and no AIRBAGS!), then you have a leaf spring rear end.
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Old 07-07-2005, 02:31 PM   #3
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probaly a coil spring setup
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Old 07-07-2005, 02:42 PM   #4
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coil rear end with trailing arm
i really like that set up beside 4 link system
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Old 07-07-2005, 02:48 PM   #5
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Coil rear end
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Old 07-07-2005, 03:01 PM   #6
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Don't feel bad I ask dumb questions atleast once a day.
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Old 07-07-2005, 04:03 PM   #7
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My wife asked the same question. I replied, "like a mile wide".
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Old 07-07-2005, 04:07 PM   #8
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My wife asked the same question. I replied, "like a mile wide".
Her reply......

"What did the five fingers say to the face??

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Old 07-07-2005, 05:39 PM   #9
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The coils are obvious. I wonder why they call them trailing arms since they go forward from the axle. lol

Until I crawled under the thing I didn't realize that pu trucks (stock, of course) came with anything other than leafsprings.
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Old 07-07-2005, 05:49 PM   #10
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60 - 72 had coils. GM had to put the set up under a stock vehicle in order to use them on the race track (stock car maybe?). So they chose the trucks since they could package the real long arms with no hassles.
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Old 07-07-2005, 07:57 PM   #11
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I have a dumb question ... or at least one that highlights my ignorance... lol

I do not have leafsprings. What is my rear suspension called?
and don't forget it could have been converted to coilover shocks though I doubt it.
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