Rear springs.

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Rear springs.

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I'm guessing the difference between sedan and wagon springs is the two lower leaves on the wagon springs?
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Basically- yes.
Harv posted up a complete list of part numbers for each leaf and what was in what , don’t know where it is though , you may be able to find it using the search function ?
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Harv wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 1:43 pm viewtopic.php?p=256021&hilit=spring+leaves#p256021

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I remember the thread Harv, though didn't realize just how different the spring stacks are!....Think I'll just use a set of Sedan springs and be done with it.
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Springs ain't springs. I laugh when people advertise rear axles etc as specific to a particular body style, but when it came to springs Holden were reslly in to tuning.

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Errol62 wrote: Sun Oct 16, 2022 9:15 pm Springs ain't springs. I laugh when people advertise rear axles etc as specific to a particular body style, but when it came to springs Holden were reslly in to tuning.

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I'm thinking there's no point in having heavier springs in a ute that will never see a real load again; thought Sedan springs might improve the ride quality a bit as well?
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I thought the same, and put a sedan set in my ute. Having reset them cold with my 12 tonne press I was worried they would be too low and bottoming out so in the end I added bottom springs from a commercial pack. Now I wouldn’t mind them a bit lower but that is ok because Greg gave me a pair of reverse eye top springs. I’d like to get the side down a bit more in the ute but will need to sort the rubbing on the passenger side, or at least give up running white bands.


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Clay, indeed i did !

By the way they were heat treated and reversed rolled for proper spring tension, stress releived and from memory one has more tension in it for the drivers side ???

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Hey OZ, I put sedan springs in my Ute as you say it is never going to see heavy loads however I did get a little bit of bumping in the rear on the way over and back from the nationals as I had a bit of stuff in the tray, mind you i didn't need most of the shit :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Gearbox first Greg. They sound good maybe make up for my dodgy cold resetting to a degree.

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