Rear Coil Suspension Rebuild

[69_hafton]

I'm getting ready to redo the rear suspension on my '69 short step. Will be replacing trailing arm bushings, tracking arm & bushings, and coil springs. (probably u-bolts also)

Plan on looking at the driveshaft at the same time for possible rebuild.

Before I'm this deep into it, are there anything else I should plan on replacing? The items I mentioned are obviously in need of renewal, but from experience, are there things that are not as obvious that I should automatically replace or test while I'm under there?

[GMCPaul]

I generally replace the coil spring cups also and their attaching bolts & nuts as quite often we see them rusted to 1/2 their thickness, and don't forget new shocks to smooth the ride otherwise you appear to have covered the wear points. Good idea to have those u-bolts on hand as the originals are quite often a nut rusted to what used to be threads. Goes a ton smoother with new attaching bolts, washers & nuts also so I always pick up new hardware.
GMCPaul