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Old 10-05-2017, 01:31 AM   #4
mr48chev
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Re: Rear bushings, bad springs

Stick your head under the back of a Dodge Caravan mini van at the local pick a part. Leaf springs that have hangers that unbolt from the van. Short wheelbase vans have shorter springs than the long wheelbase ones do.

Otherwise it is find a good pair of springs that someone has pulled off who isn't far away. It shouldn't be real hard to find a pair in West Texas but you may pull a couple of sets out before getting a good pair. If there is a spring shop in Odessa you might see about having a pair of main leaves made and having your other leaves reworked .

Check with Odessa Spring Brake & Axle and see what they say about making new main leaves and go from there in deciding to fix the springs or swap to something different. Most likely they will either shoot you a decent price or price themselves out of the job as there isn't much in between. Some spring shops will say nothing deal we an whip that right out and some don't want to fool with it unless they make serous money on it.
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