Leaf Springs....so many to choose from!
ORIGINAL: VIPER RED 78
The caps were in accident who are you the forum police? yes it got a fast ratio fr box.
The caps were in accident who are you the forum police? yes it got a fast ratio fr box.
seriously, how do you like the Flaming River box? does it bolt right into the original column using a stock rag joint,or did you have to buy a different coupler?
it made a hugh differance the stock box was big and ugly + heaver since it was for power steering it took 2 hands + plus some muscle to workn it the fr box can be worked with 2 fingers if moveing 5 mph. the old box had a lot of slop. thers only 53,000 miles on the car so i dont think it was worn out the. kit was $500.00 the directions from fr are vague not on the install part but ajustment the pitman arm from them had the wrong taper on the small side i wasnt happyi called fr and they tried to blame jegs they wanted me to ship to jegs then jegs ship it them then beck to jegs then to me i could only imagine how long that would have taken so i drilled out myself the kit came with the box ,pitmanarm, and rag joint only 3 hour job to do.have pics if needed.
hopefully your up graded to the 5 leaf, i did in my 73 and its a complet diffrent car corners and takes off even better have fun getting those bolts out of the shackles there a *****, i had to use a big wrench and a hammer, good luck with the car.
Thanks for all your input guys!
So, here's the deal...I ordered my leaf springs from classic industries which were 5 leaf, 143 spring rate and my leaf spring installation kit from Eaton and I told them it was 143 rate instead of stock 126 rate. I had my leaf springs installed today but I got a call saying that they didn't fit! [:@] Ughh, well, I'll find out why they didn't fit tomorrow. Thanks for all your help! I'll be writing back soon to give you guys an update
So, here's the deal...I ordered my leaf springs from classic industries which were 5 leaf, 143 spring rate and my leaf spring installation kit from Eaton and I told them it was 143 rate instead of stock 126 rate. I had my leaf springs installed today but I got a call saying that they didn't fit! [:@] Ughh, well, I'll find out why they didn't fit tomorrow. Thanks for all your help! I'll be writing back soon to give you guys an update
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
camarosrnice
67-69 General
0
May 14, 2009 09:11 PM




