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leaf spring ?

SGTPaul
06-04-2011, 02:59 PM
What is the spring leaf count supposed to be for a 68 Charger R/T w/ 440, 4spd, & a Dana? I currently have 6 on each side.

17WithaCoronetRT
06-04-2011, 03:43 PM
i have a 68 Coronet R/T w/ a 440, it has 6 leaf springs and nothing on the car has been changed to my knowledge, hope this helped!!

yellowdartdave
06-04-2011, 04:15 PM
6 on the left and 5 and 1/2 on the right for 440, Hemi and police.

All others have 4 and 1/2 on both sides.

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/dealerships/DealershipDataBook/1968/68_Charger0024.jpg

17WithaCoronetRT
06-04-2011, 04:28 PM
6 on the left and 5 and 1/2 on the right for 440, Hemi and police.

All others have 4 and 1/2 on both sides.

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/dealerships/DealershipDataBook/1968/68_Charger0024.jpg

yeah i was kinda thinking about that, i went to look at my car in the rain and at a glance the left had 6 but the side i was at had an awkward angle and i thought i only saw 5, thanks for the help with my car! haha

yellowdartdave
06-04-2011, 06:26 PM
Glad to help!
Spent a little time under my dad's Coronet cop car.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i219/crazydave1972/68CoronetNew-1.jpg

Cranky
06-05-2011, 11:02 AM
Uh, it's supposed to have more leafs on the right side than the left. The engine torques over clockwise (looking from the rear) and the rear tries to torque over counter clockwise and is the reason for the extra leafs on the right....

Stumper
06-05-2011, 01:48 PM
How much higher does the factory set up make the right side of the car?

Cranky
06-05-2011, 02:04 PM
How much higher does the factory set up make the right side of the car?Never noticed any difference....even when these cars were new.

SGTPaul
06-05-2011, 07:46 PM
Thanks for the info thus far. This site agrees with Cranky about the extra spring: http://www.oldcarmemories.com/content/view/19/113/ I should have added a pic when I posted the original question. :oops: For my make-up I have in addition to the main leaf I have 3 leafs that have squared off ends and 2 leafs that have rounded ends. The 2nd leaf is about 4.5" shorter than the main (measured to center of the bushing) and the others are about 9" to 10" shorter than the previous leaf. See pics below. The 1/2 spring is throwing me since I don't know what that is. Both sides are the same so what do I need to do to get the correct set-up? Any help?

BuckNeccid
06-06-2011, 04:53 AM
This isn't the greatest pic to demonstrate, but if you look at the left spring, all are regular length springs. Look closely at the right, and you'll see that 2 springs are cut off right at the end of the spring perch, those are half leafs. It seems they give a better wrap up like that and like said above, 440 cars, etc all got em standard, with some cars being optioned with em. They work great.

http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv339/buckneccid/DSC00418.jpg