jasin

Greetings.
Got a 1967 GTO and I am replacing the rear coil springs. There are 2 clamps for the spring and a large bushing. How exzactly do they get installed to hold down the spring? clamp, bushing, clamp, bottem of spring?

Help me out if you know or got pics of the rear underneath or side.

Thanks.

 

05GTO

Here is a link thru amazon of Paul Zazarine's GTO restoration guide, you may or may not be able to display this page without signing up with Amazon. If you can't see the page let me know.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/sitbv3/read...HRhi6xdgZfqo=#

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Randy

jasin

Ya , I see it, same pic I already have, unfortunatly it does NOT show the clamping hardware I have, just shows the one rear spring clamp. I have a large tubular bushing/extension and two spring clamps,, one that looks like in the pic and another that is circular with a depression that fits in that bushing it looks like.......

Any idea what I am describing? heh
Wish I had a installed picture.......

05GTO

It may be an aftermarket lift kit, can you upload a picture in the attachments of your next reply?

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Randy

jasin

Here's a picture.

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Rukee

I dunno, but doesn't that kinda looks like a coil spring extention or something, like a lift kit that 05GTO suggested?

05GTO

The lower part attaches on top of the coil spring pig tail and bolts to the axle. The other 2 items look like a home made lift kit, is there a spacer between the top of the shocks and the frame where the shocks mount?

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Randy

jasin

No spacer at top, but bottem shock mount(s) looks like it was welded on before. New shocks are installed now.
Also the "lower part" (clamp)that sits on top of the lower part of spring, and ultimatly to the axle, does not fit snuggly against the spring and the perch. So the spring is loose.

Rukee

I wonder if someone didn`t do some MODing under there. The shocks should limit the rear axle downward movement and stop the axle from dropping down to allow the spring to be loose. Normally you would have to remove the shocks in order to get the axle assembly to drop down far enough to get the spring loose or out.
Could you maybe take a picture of the shocks and mounting points for the shocks? Also, could you measure the shocks collapsed and extended?

*EDIT*
I just had mine apart today and called NAPA, the shocks are the same between `65 and `67 W/O HD suspension. My shocks measure 12.5" collapsed and 20.5" extended.

jasin

I'll measure the shock tomorrow