Posted by Matt Wilson on Thursday, October 04, 2001 at 6:04PM :
In Reply to: Looking for a pair of front leaf springs posted by Galen on Wednesday, October 03, 2001 at 8:41AM :
I bought some NOS springs several years ago, but just now getting around to taking the stacks apart and painting them before installation. When I took them apart, I found that there was some pretty bad corrosion on some of the leaves. I don't mean minor surface rust, but deep pitting. I thought about it for a bit, then decided to go ahead and use the springs anyway, since I don't do much heavy work. Also, to my knowledge, a broken spring won't cause catastrophic failure of the suspension system (i.e., loss of vehicle control or such). I figured I'd try it, and if need be I can always have some springs made new.
I priced out the cost of some new springs, and the quote I received over the phone was about $150 per side for the front springs.
Good luck,
Matt
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