New Aspen Leaf Springs

[PursuitSpecial]

The original left side leaf spring on my Aspen had about fully de-arched and was making the ride height uneven, so I put some new springs on it. I went with these: 1976 - 1990 Chrslyer, Dodge, Plymouth rear leaf spring, 5 leaf
The car is remarkably well preserved underneath, I was able to reuse most of the hardware and hangers, even reused the rubber iso pads since the plastic ones are ridiculously priced. I did replace the u bolts with new ones, the 7.25 rear end takes a 7/16 u bolt with a 3 inch radius but I would guess you could step it up to 1/2 inch and it would fit no problem. Put some new shocks on too. After all that work it turned out the torsion bar adjustment was what made the car ride uneven, but the springs needed replacing anyway. The car rides way better than it used to now.

 

[Ele115]

Good job. Glad you replaced the U-Bolts. You could have probably got away with using the old ones, but that's not the right way to do it and they are not expensive. You're going to really be glad you put those new springs on. After a while they really make a difference.

 

[Camtron]

Those 5 leafs make a big difference back there. The only thing to complement them more, would be to get a rear sway bar hung back there (think a fella has a complete assembly for sale on here) . Takes out so much pitch/roll when handling, real nice touch.

 

[Ele115]

If you ever get a chance to take your car through a high speed timed orange cone course, you'll want the big sway bar. It doesn't make much difference going up to the corner store, but yanking the thing through high speed turns is a lot more fun if the car doesn't feel like it's tipping over

 

[Mikes5thAve]

When you do the rear bar try to get the bigger front to balance it out.

 

[bruue1]

Thanks for the link to the springs. I am getting ready to start updating the rear end on my 1980 Aspen Sedan. Mine lists left as well. That doesn't bother me as much as feeling like the car is disconnected from the springs every time I take a turn. New springs and Shocks, for sure. I'm glad to have the option you provided.