Rear Leaf Spring Rebuild on a 1967 Chevy Camaro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- We brought in a 1967 Camaro and the customer was complaining that the rear axle was moving around.
The axle was moving around due to improperly installed Ubolts and the bushings where soft and rotten from age.
Here we will show you how we strip the suspension down, replace the bushings, fabricate up new Ubolts and re-assemble it.
Thanks for watching and please enjoy.
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Great job! What a beautiful car!
Thanks. It was cool. Just nice enough to drive, but not so nice you can't drive it.
Sweet old rig got some refreshed 👌
Excellent Video and professional work very nice
Glad you liked it!
Nice video I was does the rear end gave metal studs thank
Parabolic mono-leaf was the best overall design that GM came up with for the Camaro/Nova platform, the multi leaves always broke or rusted , it was rare to see anything but bushings go bad on the parabolic mono-leaf , ❤️🏴☠️🎥💯%🇨🇦👌
Your shop runs as a well oiled machine. Your job is a one of those that is a breeze if you have all the right tools and a nightmare if you are even one short. 🙂
sounds about right. always in the search of that one tool or technique that will make my job easier.
Great set by step video less distractions on the video.
The washers they used for spacers holy cow talk about Johnny backyard mechanic
My favorite year Camaro!
Nice video. I think your light is slightly suicidal. I have a 68 Camaro and I learned a hell of a lot from this video. Thank you'd keep up the good work.
Nice job
Nice work, only came across this channel recently. Always a 👍. Really nice press, had to turn volume down, that sound is awful. ps hope you gave that a test drive, just too be sure.
Yes. The press is awful. So it the air chiseling.
I like your videos, just started watching them but I wouldnt be putting oil on those rubber bushings, sometimes it will soften them up. Keep em coming though!
I wish you guys were nearer could do with your services
My first car was a 67 SS Camero. I had a similar setup but I replaced the rear spring to cure wheel hop that the stock Camaro is plagued with. I am kinda wondering why the owner didn't invest in a better setup for this beautiful car. I would have at least replaced the shocks...
And polyurethane bushings?
Traction bars will solve that problem
Dang Good Looking car. Surely was not a midwest or northern car. That underside would have been rust rotted like swiss cheese.
I was under the impression all poly or rubber bushings had a metal insert for tightening etc. To properly tighten without squishing them, otherwise bolts will loosen over time. You took out the rear bushings and reinstalled without a central sleeve.
Most come with that sleeve for inside the bushing, however a lot of old designs did not. Most of those old styles had a shoulder bolt instead which you tighten up the bolt till hit bottomed out on the shoulder. Or you just had to use your experience to tighten them correctly.
Time is money.... So your rebuild.. 😱
What if one out of the 3 bolts just kept spinning? What would you guys suggest to combat that?
Hey chief why don't you use a bump cap when you are under those vehicles??
Where are you located? I love the video and the fact that there was not a lot of talking no BS just got straight to work! Excellent job, what would you charge me to do this to my 67 Camaro I've got all the bushings and everything already?
we are located in Simcoe Ontario. www.simcoespring.com is all our contact information. I can give you an estimate when I'm back at work on Monday, just send me an email through my contact page there and I'll see it about 8am Monday morning.
Price?
i was wondering what something like this costs and are the bushing just generic bushing or where they ordered for the vehicle? also whats is your thoughts on re-arching old springs? got a 71 dodge dart that sits low in the back end and not sure which route to go. wouldn't mind it sitting a bit higher in the back than front
It depends how high you want to go. If you want it up about 1-2" then we normally just clean the springs up and put in an extra leaf. That will help combat some fatigue from the springs being old as well. It is usually 1/2 the price of new springs.
Why do you think we call them trouble lights?
Good video of job steps.. I own a 67 , it has multi leaf springs and non- staggered shocks. I may upgrade it too ,along with old shocks. What was the car doing before rebuild.
the whole suspension was loose and moving around, which is why we re-built it.
@@simcoespring Thanks, I had some vibrations at Testing speed..lol.
Also my hooker header collectors tap sometimes and rear will bottom out on dips in roads. Looking at shocks now.
@@ericvitelli7113 If the rear is bottoming out, it is probably one of two things, either the springs are too old/worn/low and you can either put in an extra leaf, replace the springs or have them re-arched...but yes definitely check the shocks out first, if they are low on oil or the valve is bad in them, you can just bottom out so easily.
(I only deal in suspension, not headers sorry)
67 Camaros were all mono from the factory. If you're having problems with the multi-leaf, it could be due to an improperly sized set of springs (if it came from a donor car or some other place).
@@67L48 Thanks, I just found codes and help on CAMAROWORLD the same day you replied- funny. The rear suspension is out of a 68 Camaro-BL 0624G1 - axel code.
What is the purpose of the center bolt on a single-leaf spring?
a center bolt ususally is there to locate the axle and set your alignment. If you don't have a center bolt, there no point to go off off for setting your alignment and the axle can just slide back and forth freely. All leaf springs come with at least 1 centering or locating pin.
@@simcoespring Thank you! Makes perfect sense. Love your vids. Learning a lot.
I've watched several of your videos because I like that type of work however you criticize a lot of people's sloppy work, without thinking about your own work. I never see you take the steps to prevent rust on the build you're doing. And you put WD40 all over rubber bushings, WD40 contains petroleum distillates which can break down rubber. You should never use it on rubber bushings. You're supposed to use silicone based lubricants on rubber.
Would have been easier if you just power washed then Lube it down with WD-40
For the cost of labor and parts and r and r could of got a better quality setup with quality bushings prob for the same cost and installed the leafs yourself dont understand this
not everyone can work on vehicles themselves.