Not A Duster's Most Excellent Progress

And finally, the new one.

8-3/4, 3.55:1 Suregrip.

Second pic is all the bits & pieces freshened up and ready to re-install. Not nearly as nice as Rusty Cuda's work, but ready to go.
 
Not A Duster said:
Anybody know of a decent Canadian source for those U-bolts? Local dealer wants $16.00 a peice + taxes for the MP ones and I can't find a jobber service replacement...
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There is a guy in Yorkton that will make em up for yah with the long style nuts for $6-$8 each cash no tax.:giggedy:
 
Good stuff there nodda, will be a stout A-body for sure.:cool:

Almost a shame that original 8 1/4 is so clean only to be set aside.
 
Beeper -

I am gonna keep the drums from the 7.25 , 'cuz they are in such good shape & should work for someone who wants to keep a resto-correct 4" bolt pattern A-body...otherwise: Paperweight.

Dippy:

Never thought of getting the damn things made up...:doh: I'm sure there are plenty of places that'll do 'em here too.
 
Not A Duster said:
Dippy:

Never thought of getting the damn things made up...:doh: I'm sure there are plenty of places that'll do 'em here too.
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Give "Spring Service" in Regina a call.

They charge about $7 a piece.:cool:
 
Diplomat_Wagon said:
Give "Spring Service" in Regina a call.

They charge about $7 a piece.:cool:
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*Chuckle* yeah.....

I s'pose they do.

-That's where I'm taking the car to get the springs re-arched once it's together.:doh:

Called 'em a couple weeks ago to get pricing for that. Never thought to ask 'em about the u-bolts. :shifty:

I wanted to get new leaf springs from a place like espo because re-arching is a short -term band-aid at best, but my body shop issues killed that idea. So for now, it's the re-arch.
 
Nad, I just take better pics, doctor em up a bit & wala parts look like new! :shifty:
I paid way too much for a set of U bolts & nuts, found out a shop can bend em for ya for under 10 bucks a pop! (paid 68 for the set!) :doh:
Fredrick dodge has leaf springs for the e bods at 189 a set, well below what my local shops will build or even rebuild for, don't know about the shipping yet , but I think thats how I'm going! Rich.
 
Crestview Chrysler here want's $240/side for the leaf springs for a grand total of $480.00.

They also want $80.00 for the ubolts.

...Not gonna pay it.

Re-doing my math & I think I might be better off buying the espo's new. They quoted me $280.00 USD for new springs with 1" extra lift shipped to the border including the U-bolts and a new front eye bushing installed - that comes to $336 Canadabucks, plus maybe another $50.00 for brokerage & shipping to my door.

The re-arch was quoted to me at $275.00 CDN plus another $40 for U-bolts. That does not include new bushings as I was just going to use the ones on the springs.

The cost is close enough that I think I'm better off just replacing the damn things.

...Means I hafta wait for 'em to arrive tho. :doh:
 
Rob R:

No fun at all...especially when grinding on stuff.

Trying to keep the rust & old paint dust settling on the new paint to a minumum, so I'm doing as much of that outdoors as I can.
 
I got springs for the Wagon made at Spring Service about 2 years ago and they were $210 a side including one extra leaf, a more aggressive arch, Rear shackle bushings and U-bolts.

Maybe I was lucky???
 
Not A Duster said:
$210.00 a side is still a lot more than $280.00 US for both.

Did they do 'em off the car, or didja hafta leave the car with 'em?
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Oops, i didn't see that price was for a set. :doh:


I just told them what I needed springs for and they made them up for me.
 
Spanky new u-bolts n' straps from spring service. (Thanks for the tip DW - it was a good one...)

Springs are re-assembled and painted. Ready to install.

We've been scraping & prepping the back 1/2 underside of the car as well, getting it ready for POR 15 and installation of all these parts. Reminds me that I need to pull the gas tank and straps from the parts pile & paint them.

On another note - the front seat skin and dashcap came in yesterday. Ordered the stuff before the big bodyshop suprise...I wish I'd of known about that before I made this order...I could have done without it for a year or two. It's working out OK as I think wifey is going to pay for the skin as my next years Christmas present, 'cuz she likes the bench better than the buckets.

Got a new trunk seal with the same order ... feel free to make whatever Gio comments you think fit the occasion. :D The rest of the old rubber is salvageable and is going back on the car with new fasteners that also came from Legendary.
 
Not A Duster said:
Spanky new u-bolts n' straps from spring service. (Thanks for the tip DW - it was a good one...)
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If it's one thing I've gone through alot of over the years would be those stupid bolts. :D

For the price of those one I don't even bother screwing with the old ones, I just cut em an throw em out.:dgt:



Lookin good BTW.:giggedy:
 
Not A Duster said:
whatever Gio comments you think fit the occasion. :D The rest of the old rubber is salvageable and is going back on the car with new fasteners that also came from Legendary.
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:mad: Just had to go there huh smartass?. How's WINTER treating ya?:toot:
 
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