63 front springs

[Steve D.]

The maintenance manual says that the "small" end of the spring goes up. By my measurements, both ends are the same diameter. However, one end of each spring has a triangular shaped impression near the end of the last coil. The other end of each spring is plain. Does it matter which end seats in the lower control arm?

Steve

[Joe L.]

Re: 63 front springs

Steve-----

For a 1963 Corvette standard or HD front coil spring it doesn't make any difference. The 63 springs were single rate and have equal spacing between coils; they can be installed either end up. I would imagine that the service manual instructions are sort of "generic" and may apply to other Chevrolet applications or, they were taken from a generic text and inserted into the Corvette manual.

1964-67 small block standard springs are dual rate springs and have closer spaced coils at one end. These should be installed with the close spaced coils at the top,