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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 307 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 307 | I'm looking to replace my leaf springs with new sets but I cannot reference any with the original GM part numbers. I have a 1958 3442 step van & the assembly book says 3717400 for front and 3719552 for rear. I'd appreciate any schooling on how to find them.
1958 Chevy Grumman Olson step van
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 99 Van | | Van Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 99 | I consulted general spring. The ones that they sent were a match for my 59 Apache front
1959 Apache swb stepside
Atlanta Ga.
| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 331 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 331 | I've used St. Louis Spring and was very happy with them. The new springs were a perfect match with the originals.
Samantha | | | | | Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 307 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 307 | Guess I'll just measure and hope for a good fit.
1958 Chevy Grumman Olson step van
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 9,830 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 9,830 | Have you looked at the GM Heritage site? There's information there on spring leaf count, width, length, overall capacity. That should be all the spring fabricator needs to match the originals.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 | I think that Keving is referring to page T-81/T-82 for front-springs in the Specification Manual. I did not see rear spring information - maybe someone else can find it and post the page/pages? Maybe a spring fabricator can work with that information? | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 9,830 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 9,830 | Yes, that's what I was referring to. I saw two pages and made the assumption that one page was front and second was rear. Didn't look that close, obviously. But there's enough info for the fronts for a fabricator to duplicate them.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 331 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2005 Posts: 331 | The only information that I had to provide to St. Louis Spring was that it is a 1954 3100 and that I wanted stock springs. They had all the other information that they needed. I was in St. Louis at the time, placed my order in the morning and picked them up that afternoon.
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