ss spring ?

[hwp]

Like most of you, I horse trade parts around. I traded some parts for what I was told were SS springs (used) They have been in storage for quite some time.
I just happend to have a poly bushing kit and thought I would put them in. Well to my amazement, they dont fit. There are 2 dif size front spring eyes-right? The bushings for the 1/2" bolts
go right in. But the 5/8 bushings will not fit (too big) am I wrong, or did I get taken. did they make 2 diff sizes?

[hwp]

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[68_Val_Sedan]

yes there were 2 different spring eye sizes ... 2" and 1.5" are the sizes ... as far as I know all of the SS springs were 1.5 " eyes

[hwp]

I have found on them, written in pen 69 B-Body. I always though the SS springs would have the big bolt. After market here I come.

[chryco]

Measure them up and have a machine shop turn you some solid steel bushings . They`ll work that much better.
   Chryco 

This car had solid steel bushings with 3400 # S/S springs and worked quite well .........

[hwp]

One more question. One spring has 6 leaves and the other has 8. I though SS were 4 and 5.

[bOb shingler]

Measure them up and have a machine shop turn you some solid steel bushings . They`ll work that much better.
   Chryco 

This car had solid steel bushings with 3400 # S/S springs and worked quite well .........

  they also sale aluminum ones. i think mancini sell them.

[qkcuda]

Those don't look like my SS springs.  There should be fewer leaves and biased more to the front.  Mine had a part number stamped into the bottom leaf.

[coors00]

The SS I bought in the late '80s from Hamburger are 6 and 8 leaf.