D60 spring mount
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D60 spring mount
I am putting the leaf springs on my front D60. The drivers side seems to be a problem. the outer U-bolt fits fine but there is not enough room for the inner U-bolt. the webbing for the pumkin is in the way. How do I bolt down the inner side of the spring plate?
This axle came out of a 94 F350 with leaf springs. It has a spring pearch cast/machined on the pumkin. I just don't see how you would bolt it down with the webbing under the axle.
This axle came out of a 94 F350 with leaf springs. It has a spring pearch cast/machined on the pumkin. I just don't see how you would bolt it down with the webbing under the axle.
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Are you mounting U-bolts up (nuts on top of the axle) or U-bolts down (nuts under the axle)? Stock they were down and the mounting plate had a special notch in it to accomodate the webbing in the pumkpin. If you flip the U-bolts upside down you'll probably have to notch the webbing to make it fit and stay put.
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Originally Posted by rocknut
could this be similiar to the older D60 fronts that had special a bracket that wrapped around the bottom side of the tube and had a notch to go around the webbing on the housing
BTW....the u-bolts have to point down (the open end down)
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I don't like the idea of the bolts and nuts sticking down. My wife likes to drive like I read. By Braille.
Has anyone here notched the webbing? Just enough to keep it in place right?
the lower plate/track bar bracket on the passenger side is coming off for the same reason. I don't want to be getting cauht on it.
Thanks.
Has anyone here notched the webbing? Just enough to keep it in place right?
the lower plate/track bar bracket on the passenger side is coming off for the same reason. I don't want to be getting cauht on it.
Thanks.
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Notching the webbing wouldn't be tough to do and I really don't think it would hurt to drill a hole in it either and then run the U-bolt through. The U-bolts on my rear axle are flipped but I haven't turned the front around yet. The bolts are not really hanging down much at all so I'm not in a big rush to get it done. Eventually though . . .
