Tech Questions

We get a lot of questions about springs and suspensions and we would like to share the interesting ones with you.

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	Coil Springs
How Much Will Springs Settle	I Can not find the springs I need	How To Measure Ride Height
Do I Need New Springs?	Coil Spring Compression	Coil Spring Rate and Load
Coil Spring Ride Height	Coil Spring Ends	Heavy Duty Coils
Lowering Coils	Dropped Coil Springs	Cutting Coil Springs with Calculations
Cutting Coil Springs II	Cutting Coil Springs III	Cutting Coil Springs IV
Welded Coil Spring	Coil Spring Isolators	Coil Springs Falling Out
Coil Springs Rubbing	Chevy with Mustang II Front	GTO Coil Height
Leaning GTO	GTO Ride Height	GT500 KR Coils
Mustang II Coil Springs	Firebird Spring Rate	Streetrod with Corvair Suspension
'34 Ford 3 Window Replica	Van Coil Springs	'72 Nova Coil Spring Rate
1937 Packard Spring	Camaro Ride Height	Lightened Front End
1940 Ford Rear Coils	Some men DO ask questions	What's yours?

	Leaf Springs
Life Span of a Leaf Spring	I Can not find the springs I need	Spring Length & Arch
How To Measure Ride Height	How Much Will Springs Settle	Mono Leaf Springs
Transverse Mono vs. Multi Leaf Springs	Leaf Liner, Leaf Lubricant, Tip Inserts	Leaf Liners, Powder Coat & U-Bolt Torque
Leaf Liner Effect On Spring Rate	Leaf Finish	Greasing Springs
Leaf Spring Rust	Chroming Springs	Adding Leaves
Axle Wrap	Turning Springs Around	Monoleaf Mistake
Mono Leaves vs. Multi Leaves	Will Ziebart Cause Leafs to Break	Grease Between Leaves
Welding To A Spring	Removing Leaves	Ride Height Difference
Spring Eye Bushings	Removing Old Bushings	Burning Out Bushings
Broken Center Bolt	Reinstallting U-Bolts	U-Bolt Torque
48 Inch Spring	Lubricating Leaf Springs	Leaf Spring Appearance
Drilling A Spring	EZ Ride Shackle	Leaf Spring Clips
Lowering Mono Leafs	Leaf Springs Changing Wheelbase	Leaf Spring Clips III
2" Lowering Springs	Reusing Old Leaves	Hudson Leaf Spring Arch
1937 Ford - Splitting a Wishbone	Studebaker Truck Springs	Special Trailer Spring
Truck Springs	'56 Belair Rear	Camaro Spring Options
Air bagging a 68 Camaro	'69 Camaro Mono to Multi Leaf Conversion	1971 Camaro Leaf Springs
Ford Leaning Woodie	'69 Camaro Leaf Count	F Body Leaf Springs
Camaro Wheels Rubbing	'71 Trans Am Leaf Springs	1948 Chevy Leaf Springs
Corvette Springs	C1 Corvette Springs - To Rearch or Not to Rearch	'64 Stright Axle Vette
Do I Need A New Main Plate	Galaxie 5 Leaf vs. 6 Leaf Springs	'66 Corvette Leaf Springs
Leaning '81 Corvette	Pickup Ride Quality	Lowering A Chevy II
1938 Plymouth spring width	Camaro Rear Height	'66 Mustang Spring Rates
S10 Rear	Coil Spring Isolators	Bump Steer

	Shock Absorbers
Shock Troubles	Ride Height Problems	Air Shocks
Bottoming Out Shocks	Go ahead and ask away	Gasser Handling

	Attaching Parts
Spring Eye Bushings	Removing Old Bushings	U-Bolt Torque
Burning Out Bushings	Wheel Hop	Reinstallting U-Bolts
Broken Center Bolt	Coil Spring Isolators	U-Bolt Welding
Axle Pads	And your question is?	'56 Belair Wiggle

	Miscellaneous
I Can not find the springs I need	How To Measure Ride Height	Made In The U.S.A.
Impala Stiff Ride	Spring Finishes	Lowering a '57 Chevy Front
F150 Helper Spring	Firebird Engine Swap	Trans Am Build Date
Leaning Bonneville	Lowering a '54 Ford	Lowering Blocks
Corvair Clip on a Street Rod	How Much Will Springs Settle	U-Joint Problem
Extreme Lift	Packard Shimmy	Panhard Bar
F150 Overload	Don't be afraid to ask	High Lift Springs