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Thanks Tim, I never would have thought of that. I did notice that the springs pictured in the Whitney catalog had banding on them, and I’m sure that’s the way they would come, it’s much cheaper than a rivet.

I checked with Eaton a year or so ago Cletis, about re-arching, and for the price they quoted me for re-working my old springs I was better off just buying new ones. As fur as that goes, I’m not sagging, that is my truck isn’t, so it’s not really a matter of re-shaping them, I’m just thinking ahead in case there is any noticeable wear on the leaves like Samantha found. The bushings are still tight, no noticeable wear on them and they all take grease. I suppose I should just pull them off and see exactly what I’m dealing with, who knows, maybe all I need is a good clean up and some new paint.
The subject of lubrication comes up often, and were you to go by the book or manual, there should be NO lubrication because according to the engineers it will over work the spring and that will lead to early failure. But I would think you would have a much better ride if the springs were better able to slide some. Not sure about the Teflon liners, I would think that seven layers of that is going to increase the total thickness a goodly amount.

If I do have to replace them I’m bout 98% sure that I would go with Eaton also. They are at the top of the list from my standpoint, just like Walker radiator would be if I had to replace the radiator.

Now if I were just looking to put a driver on the street and really didn’t care about trying to keep things as original as is practical then I think I would try the springs from JC Whitney. I mean, how can ya go wrong for $95 ea. with a 10% discount and free shipping.
DG