Repo rear 9 leaf spring

[Jim R.]

My buddy is doing a 63 roadster (hotrodding it) and needs a rear spring are the repo steel 9 leafs any good, do they need different bolt lengths both inner and outer?, the spring thats on it now looks like a bairs 9 leaf that someone added an xtra leaf that should be on a one ton truck, about 3/8" thick , i guess we could remove the truck leaf and blast and add new liners, but that is almost the price of a new one, any suggestions would be appeciated......jim

[Lynn H.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

If your friend is hotrodding the car, my opinion is the repro is the only way to go. They will work fine. I get a really nice one right here in the Detroit area direct from Eaton, that will probably be superior for that application than an original.
Lynn

[Jim R.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

do you have a price and a contact number for eaton

[Lynn H.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

do you have a price and a contact number for eaton

I actually get them through a friend with a shop so as to get the best price I can, so I do not have it immeadiately available. I will get you some info by tomorrow morning, and send you a PM.
Lynn

[Terry M.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

My buddy is doing a 63 roadster (hotrodding it) and needs a rear spring are the repo steel 9 leafs any good, do they need different bolt lengths both inner and outer?, the spring thats on it now looks like a bairs 9 leaf that someone added an xtra leaf that should be on a one ton truck, about 3/8" thick , i guess we could remove the truck leaf and blast and add new liners, but that is almost the price of a new one, any suggestions would be appeciated......jim

If I were doing that I would go for the fiberglass spring front and back, but that is just me.

[Joe L.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

do you have a price and a contact number for eaton

Jim------

http://www.eatonsprings.com/

[Jim R.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

ya fiber would be nice ,does anyone know what brand (Ecklers) is selling there 9 leaf is 130 bucks, would this be a china one.

[Lynn H.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

If I were doing that I would go for the fiberglass spring front and back, but that is just me.

Terry,
Didn't really think of that right off the bat, but would certainly agree with you!!

[Alan D.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

I'll second the fiber spring!

[John H.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

Terry,
Didn't really think of that right off the bat, but would certainly agree with you!!

There are very few midyear owners who have converted to the composite rear spring who aren't complaining about the "bouncy-bouncy" syndrome that comes with it; that spring has no interleaf friction to help calm it down, and requires a very high level of rebound damping in the rear shocks to control it. From the comments I see daily on the forums, nobody has a rear shock with adequate rebound damping that doesn't make the car ride like a buckboard. The ones with the VBP springs seem to complain the loudest.

[Lynn H.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

There are very few midyear owners who have converted to the composite rear spring who aren't complaining about the "bouncy-bouncy" syndrome that comes with it; that spring has no interleaf friction to help calm it down, and requires a very high level of rebound damping in the rear shocks to control it. From the comments I see daily on the forums, nobody has a rear shock with adequate rebound damping that doesn't make the car ride like a buckboard. The ones with the VBP springs seem to complain the loudest.

Now I disagree..

[Alan D.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

Now I used one from Vette Products, installed in or around 72. Granted did not drive much, but run 1/4 stuff a fair amount. Do not recall any problems however its an early design - the newer ones who knows.

[Jim R.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

can anyone tell me what the clips or clamps on the outer ends are for and why do the repos have them and the originals don't.

[Steven B.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

There are very few midyear owners who have converted to the composite rear spring who aren't complaining about the "bouncy-bouncy" syndrome that comes with it; that spring has no interleaf friction to help calm it down, and requires a very high level of rebound damping in the rear shocks to control it. From the comments I see daily on the forums, nobody has a rear shock with adequate rebound damping that doesn't make the car ride like a buckboard. The ones with the VBP springs seem to complain the loudest.

I had an acquaintenance a few years ago who converted both ends to a fiber spring on his '67 435 HP, 2 top mostly original car. After a few months he went back to his HD steel springs for what he called a better ride. I never rode in it with both sets of springs.

[Philip C.]

Re: Repo rear 9 leaf spring

can anyone tell me what the clips or clamps on the outer ends are for and why do the repos have them and the originals don't.

Jim they are for shipping and should be removed. Phil 8063