1 1/8 front sway bar on now have ? about rear end


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By kansas - 14 Years Ago
Ok front end works great now with new sway bar/ now the rear end needs some help/ not sure that a rear sway bar is the fix/I wantd to stiffing up the rear a little bit and maybe raise the height of the back end just a little/has any one put a set of air shocks on and if you did it help with my type of problem?
By Gordie T - 14 Years Ago
kansas

Start simple....



My 58 Fairlane was a real tail dragger when I got it. I checked all the bushings on each side of my leaf springs and they were shot...that was messing up my steering control believe it or not. The bushings had to come from Montreal! I took off the leafs and had them re-arced and I also had then put in one extra new spring to keep the job honest. Yes I sat a little too high but after about 3000 miles that I put on it this summer, it has dropped to perfect.



Cheers



Gt
By drof75 - 14 Years Ago
I put a set of air shocks on my 57 fairlane as a temp solution until i have the money for new leafs. the air shocks helped my situation a great deal. nothing was really wrong with springs other than age. i got the shock from napa for about $70.



buz
By kansas - 14 Years Ago
springs and bushing are new / by the way this is on a 55 vic
By GREENBIRD56 - 14 Years Ago
An extra leaf is always a good fix for a weak spring pack. When people have to re-arch springs, they must have been weak to start with - and you can be sure that over time, they'll go back. Adding a leaf can solve that situation. 

I like air bags (the old Air Lifts were great) and as a second choice air shocks. Especially when the two sides are isolated and can run seperate pressure settings - makes for a quick preload change at the strip (also known as weight jacking).