{"id":170,"date":"2020-11-25T19:44:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T19:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/?p=170"},"modified":"2021-02-18T23:52:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T23:52:15","slug":"rear-leaf-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/rear-leaf-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Rear Leaf Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Joe thought the rear springs didn’t seem right. And when I looked, the driver’s side seemed to ride about 4″ lower than the passenger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can’t have that. I know what I think about the driver of a car when it rides like that! That must be fixed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns out the biggest leaf spring company in the US is in Harrisburg, PA.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

StanleySprings!*<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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My new best friend Matt took the old springs and re set them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he also said they were within tolerance of the original configuration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, with new bushings, buttons, and the rubber things (#12 and #14 in the drawing) from Speedy Spares, they are back in the car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4 each #3, front & rear bushings.  I think it is part # 9199018 from Speedy Spares \u00a316 each (not cheap!)  RootesParts.com (Netherlands) has a bush #9188018 for \u20ac9.50.  The parts manual online (http:\/\/rootes.dyndns.org\/HLP_S1-3a\/HLP_S1-3a112b.jpg<\/a>) shows the part as 9199018, so the one from Speedy Spares looks right.
2 each #12, and # 14, upper and lower clamp plate bushes.  I couldn\u2019t find these. Part numbers are P.79686 (top) and P.79688.
12 each #10, polythene thrust buttons. Couldn\u2019t find these either, but they may be something the spring shop has. Part number is P.84770<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We started installation with the passenger side. MAN was that hard. Ultimately it required another jack and levers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"passenger<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However, the driver’s side went in like a breeze. Turns out the rear shackle (#28 on the drawing) on the passenger side was pretty much seized. But even with penetrating oil and time to set, it doesn’t seem to be much better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We probably should have replaced the upper bushings on the shackles too, but after putting it together that can wait until the next time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unfortunately, that didn’t really fix the driver’s side sag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After settling for a week or so, the rear of the car is close to level, but the front is still off.  Fronts shocks maybe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next? Rear Shocks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Turns out they aren’t so hard to find: Monroe part #31069<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They went in pretty easily after putting some weight on the springs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing to note though is that the smaller shock bushings go on the top<\/strong>.  The manual says they\u2019re the same, but the ones that came with the shocks are not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now after settling down a bit, the back end is pretty close to level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n

*This is the RIGHT Stanley Springs info:
Dayton Parts, LLC
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1300 Cameron Street
Harrisburg, Pa 17103

(800) 233-0899
customerservice@daytonparts.com<\/a>
www.daytonparts.com<\/a>
Manufacturing Facility<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joe thought the rear springs didn’t seem right. And when I looked, the driver’s side seemed to ride about 4″ lower than the passenger. I can’t have that. I know what I think about the driver of a car when it rides like that! That must be fixed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}