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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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| | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,886 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,886 | Doing a cold re-arch is a temporary fix at best. Once a spring has sagged, it will return to that shape pretty quickly. The proper way to re-arch a spring leaf is to anneal it, re-establish the correct arch and then retemper it. Very few spring shops and virtually no hobbyists have the equipment or the metallurgy experience to do that.
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