rear housing moving ?
 

1967 Camaro mono leaf with slide a link, is there a fix to stop it moving ? mono leaf only has pin locater on bottom.

Re: rear housing moving ?
 

The pin should go into the housing bracket on your rear.

Re: rear housing moving ?
 

there is no pin on the rear end side , only on the bottom. the spring is smooth and the rear end housing is smooth , therefore its just the clamping force that holds it there . didn't have the problem until we went 1.30s in 60'

Re: rear housing moving ?
 

Should always be a pin through the leaf and a hole in the perch. Its the way they have always been done.

Re: rear housing moving ?
 

Except it's not that way on GM factory mono's.
I had them on my Omega, but the weight exceeded their limit by about 600 lbs.
I took a set of carbon fiber springs from an Astro Van, and sawed both eyes off them and placed them under the mono's. You can drill that nub out with some good bits and a stout drill press and lots of oil. Then you can hold it all together with tradition round top spring bolts.

Re: rear housing moving ?
 

Yes, SOME, not one good bits and a stout drill press and LOTS of oil AND patience.

Re: rear housing moving ?
 

There must have been some different Mono leafs available , because the ones I have , which I believe are OEM GM , have a through bolt with the locating pin to the top .

Re: rear housing moving ?
 

Never saw any. They only used them for a few years. Mostly on 1st gen. cars, including Chevy II's, which were different. Possibly Landrums or Camaro re-pops?

Re: rear housing moving ?
 

Had a similar problem in 1970 with I think multi-leafs, but I'm not sure. Might have been mono's... Lakewood slapper bars with J bolts and wedge plates to change pinion angle.

Made longer bolts thru springs with custom made pins that dropped into Lakewood bars. Allowed bars to pivot without coming off pins...Those pins were probably 3/4" diameter and threaded to screw onto those thru the spring bolts......

Tough to remember exact details but I know it worked...

Rear moved, tire hit and wore a groove before the fix.....

Re: rear housing moving ?
 

I'm like the others. My 1967 Camaro and ChevyII had monoleafs with a pin welded on the bottom of the spring. I had access to a carbide drill bit and drilled both and installed a socket head cap screw through the spring. But, I also changed the housing perches at the same time to the early style-GM/Ford/MoPar perches. Is that okay in Stock?

My cars still had the factory perches that located from the lower shock plate with a rubber insulator between the housing and spring. I've always felt the pin needs to be on the housing side of the spring. But I was exposed to big truck spring issues as a teenager.