Sorry, I should have clarified this. I believe my leaf springs are shot from
years of putting on staked side-boards and loading up the bed with wheat to
haul to town. I have even noticed the bed is "shimmed" up by inserting some
cast metal pieces under the bed wood frames, certainly to help offset the
effect of the heavy load. Now, any dip in the road continues to lazily bounce
the truck for three or four more bounces. I need to get back closer to the
stiffness it was from the factory. Thanks for the replies.
Fahrbach's '51 3600
--- In old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com, "Roy" wrote:
>
> Not sure what you mean by "Help". If you mean that the ride is really stiff,
> it sort of comes with the truck but there is good news. The front springs of
> th e3/4 ton are rated at 1050 lbs each. The 1/2 ton springs are the same
> dimensions (38 X 1 1/4) but rated at 1000 lbs each. Not sure it is worth the
> effort but you could swap in 1/2 ton springs on the front. The rear springs
> are very different but the 3/4 ton is a two stage, 7 leaf spring rated at
> 2000 lbs. I took my springs to a spring shop and had them remove the second
> stage (2 leafs). It softened the ride but clearly I can no longer put as much
> weight in the back.
>
> Roy
> '51 3600
> The Sleepy Dragon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: fahrbach51
> To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 10:15 AM
> Subject: [old-chevy-truck] Leaf Spring Suspension
>
>
>
> My '51 3600 gets very little help from its original leaf springs. I did
> replace the 4 shocks and hoped for at least noticeable improvement but barely
> noticed any. What alternatives am I looking at? Total replacement of all four
> leaf springs (pricey-ouch)? Some kind of fix for the original springs? Find
> salvage replacements and hope they are better than what I have?
>
> Fahrbach '51 3600
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