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Originally Posted by Private_collector
These spring clamps were made to replace the originals, which were damaged and mis-matched (two different types on same spring set!?!?). Is that original spec.?
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Hi Tony,
It's pleasing to see you back continuing your interesting thread again.
The front springs have two different style clamps.
Bolted ones on the front half and fold-over ones on the rear half.
It's to do with having less clearance between the spring and chassis at the back I would think.
After being rivetted to their respective spring leaves the folded ones are manouvered over the main leaf then the intermediate leaves are slid in between (with a bit of hammering), then the centre bolt and the front clamp bolts fitted.
On my truck I ground all the rust from the mating spring leaf surfaces, primed them, then gave a coat of Molybdenum di sulphide grease to get a nice smooth spring action.
Some say that this can cause broken leaves but I have never seen that happen.
Kind regards,
Terry.