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Grant Eldridge · 07-13-2008, 05:45 AM

We ran into one of these at the shop where that entire front spring perch/cup was loose in the chassis. The spot welds had loosened or torn and you could move the whole thing, it had also torn vertically, you could move it back and forth. Hard to believe, but the entire thing is originally just a sheet metal structure spot welded into the car in a few spots up inside and is really flimsy if you ever see it separately. I'd suggest doing some fabrication and creating additional support and reinforcement if there's any horsepower going through it, there's really almost nothing there. It was engineered for a four cylinder back in 1962 and never upgraded, from what I've seen on that car....Amazing that they put the 327/350hp combo into that flimsy setup....

07-13-2008, 05:45 AM	#6
Grant Eldridge Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 124 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Chevy II leaf spring question We ran into one of these at the shop where that entire front spring perch/cup was loose in the chassis. The spot welds had loosened or torn and you could move the whole thing, it had also torn vertically, you could move it back and forth. Hard to believe, but the entire thing is originally just a sheet metal structure spot welded into the car in a few spots up inside and is really flimsy if you ever see it separately. I'd suggest doing some fabrication and creating additional support and reinforcement if there's any horsepower going through it, there's really almost nothing there. It was engineered for a four cylinder back in 1962 and never upgraded, from what I've seen on that car....Amazing that they put the 327/350hp combo into that flimsy setup....