'66 Rear spring liners

[Ian S.]

Hi,

My new spring liners are not cut to size. How much liner should be left to stick out on the ends when cutting them?

Thanks,

Ian

[Gary B.]

'66 rear spring liners

Ian,

I take it you didn't save the old liners... If not, my recollection is that the liners are about 1/4" to 1/2" longer than the shorter of the two leaves the liner is sandwiched between. If you have a 9-leaf spring and if you want to wait a day, I can measure the overhang from an original '66, 9-leaf spring that I have at home.

Gary

[Ian S.]

Re: '66 rear spring liners

Thanks Gary,

I would appreciate that.

Ian

[Gary B.]

I'll try to do it tonight. *NM*

[Gary B.]

Re: '66 Rear spring liners

Ian,

The excess liner length between each pair of leaves is the following, starting from the longest and marching up one side, then marching up the other side, again from longest to shortest pairs of leaves:

(longest) 3/8", 1/4", 1/8", 1/16", 5/16", 5/16", 3/8" (shortest)
(Longest) destroyed, 1/2", 1/4", 1/8", 3/16", 1/4", 1/2" (shortest)

So, you can see the overhang is not consistent from liner to liner, nor from side to side. If you want to duplicate the way GM did it, don't be too careful. I'm sure the most common "error" is making each end of each liner hang out a consistent 3/8".

Gary

[Ian S.]

Re: '66 Rear spring liners

Gary,

Thanks again for measuring the spring and passing along the information. It was extremely useful and I really appreciate it.

Ian