During the 10 years I managed a Chevrolet Dealership I seen a lot of Chevy
pickups that the box would be leaning to one side or the other. When
customers mentioned that the truck looked crooked standing from behind we
would re-arch the rear leaf springs to raise the low side up however far it
was off. I have seen other dealers shim the springs in a attempt to raise
the box to even the truck. Perhaps this was the situation on your truck.
My truck didn't have any shims or spacer blocks between the springs and the
axle pad originally. It does now since I changed rear ends and needed the
shims to get the correct pinion angle. However the shims are equal on both
sides.
Andy 56-3200.
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From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Paul W. Franchina
Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 7:41 AM
To: oletrucks
Subject: [oletrucks] Rear Axle Housing
OK folks
Here's an interesting one (I think). I dropped the rear axle housing out of
Boris to take out the rear springs to renew the pivot bushings, pins and
shackles and for general clean-up. When it came out I noticed that on the
driver's side there was a plate, about the size of the pad on the axle
housing and a half inch thick, between the pad and the spring. A spacer of
sorts would be a good definition. However there was no such animal on the
passenger side. From the looks of this plate (rather ancient) it could have
been original, but where the truck had also been jacked up 3" by the PO,
I'm just not sure. I've measured from the frame to the ground, and from the
ground to the bottom of the springs on both sides and the measurements are
close enough for me to question the need for a spacer at all. Has anyone
encountered a situation like this? Would a chassis be so out of whack as to
require a spacer? I checked my shop manual and couldn't find any references
to this, so it's back to the "Collective Wisdom" to help solve this. Thanks
guys (& gals) for any help.
Paul W. Franchina
pfoxtrot@gate.net
& Boris: 1958 Chevrolet Apache 3100 Stepside
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