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mike spadafora Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:01 pm

How do I tell if I have broken leaf springs without taking the front beam apart?
I have noticed my 66 westy seems to sit a bit low... and with three people in it it is basically riding on the front suspension stops. Could I have broken springs?

also....I have been told that 68 and later front ends use the same basic spring set as 67 and back I have never pulled a later front end apart. are the springs themselves interchangeable?

If someone could post a picture of there front end trailing arm showing it's position on a good stock 66-67 front end with the full weight of the bus on the beam that may be a help in looking at my own beam and determining if it sits to low because of broken springs.
thanks

joe cool Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:30 pm

Or missing.

///Mink Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:35 pm

Don't know if this helps or not. My own '66 Westy:


mike spadafora Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:55 pm

that looks similar to mine really. I will compare it in the morning .
thanks for the picture. :)

krusher Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:35 am

Did you look at the leaf stack in the end of the arm to check there all there? :?

mike spadafora Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:09 am

krusher wrote: Did you look at the leaf stack in the end of the arm to check there all there? :?
yes they are all there the bus has never been lowered and the front end has never been apart since new, the rear sits stock height



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