Leaf springs - Bought her a present

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Mon Feb 16, 15 4:13 pm

Dave999 wrote:if you had orginal mopar U bolts they would have been flattend round the base of the U to help stop crushing the axle tube and had a waffle pattern to help grip....

i.e quite good

whether that outweighs the benefit of some nice brand new ones i don't know.....Probably not, given the age...but chrylser obvioulsy put in a bit of time and effort with something as simple as a u bolt...

Dave

Noticed that - they were indeed flattened and waffled. Now however, they are in bits. Such is the price of progress... I now feel quite sad though

Poor moparbolts.

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Mon Feb 16, 15 9:53 pm

The mounts are supposed to be offset.

You can lower the car by turning them upside down

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Wed Feb 25, 15 8:40 am

conclusion. Very smooth. Cant fault it... Had to re-do one side to make sure u-bolts were 100% straight, but no hassles.

Not driven, but the bounce test suggests much MUCH firmer.

Expensive, but seem good quality and fit. Pics for those who care...

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Wed Feb 25, 15 8:41 am

Ride height. Not ideal pics, but seems quite low (apparently 1" under stock). Looks OK though.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Feb 25, 15 8:52 am

As long as you still have a very slight rake it will look cool. Or should I say even cooler.

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Wed Feb 25, 15 8:58 am

Ride height looks great to me Morgan

At least the wheelarch isn't above the top of the tyre, which to my eyes, is when they start to look ridiculous

Great job

RW71 · Post by **RW71** » Wed Feb 25, 15 6:23 pm

Lovely stance Morgan, car looks great.

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Wed Feb 25, 15 6:28 pm

Looks good to me. Bet they improve the ride a fair bit.
Cheers for pics.

Roger · Post by **Roger** » Wed Feb 25, 15 6:41 pm

Looking good

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Feb 25, 15 6:56 pm

I do not know if it is an "Old Wive's" tale, but I thought that you could not re-use old "U" Bolts due to the stretch, etc; and potential to fail...........

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Wed Feb 25, 15 7:19 pm

Pete wrote:I do not know if it is an "Old Wive's" tale, but I thought that you could not re-use old "U" Bolts due to the stretch, etc; and potential to fail...........

They come with new ones Pete

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Feb 25, 15 7:21 pm

I appreciate that, I was making a general comment / query..............

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Feb 26, 15 9:23 am

You are right Pete. The stock bolts have nuts that are some sort if interference fit. That is why they are tight all the way off.

Don't think the replacements are like this though?

But anyway, once used always fit new.

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Thu Feb 26, 15 10:49 am

I think the replacements my be Nylocs or similar. Some of them were. Cant remember now - it was a couple of days ago...

I'll have a look.

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Thu Feb 26, 15 11:05 am

Pete wrote:I do not know if it is an "Old Wive's" tale, but I thought that you could not re-use old "U" Bolts due to the stretch, etc; and potential to fail...........

yes that makes sense

if you wind em up to 80+ ft lb then definitely

mopar bolts in theory should be 45 ft lb (waffle and flattening helps)

don't know if that means you can use them again....

But yes i agree if in doubt anything that holds the wheels on your car should be replaced...

Dave