I recently upgraded the torsion bars in my '70 dart four-door and am thinking about replacing my leaf springs to stiffen up the rear and restore my ride height (5 leafs sagging). I have a set of six leaf springs that will fit, but am having trouble finding front eye bushings to fit the ½" bolt. I know I can drill out the front mount holes to accommodate a ⅝" bolt, but I wonder if I can do this with the front mounts installed. If not, has anyone ever tried making a sleeve to adapt the ⅝" bushing for use with a ½" bolt? I was thinking bronze or maybe aluminum. I'd rather just drill the mounts out, but I don't want to take them out (crusty bolts. Don't want to break anything and be stuck looking for a replacement). Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance,

Nat

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1970 four-door Dart, 225/A-904/2.45 gears. 0-60 in twenty three minutes!

Get out the 1/2" drill and have atem

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Yeah....Im the one who destroyed this rare, vintage automobile.....

My springs came with bushings already that made them 1/2 inch. they knocked out to become 5/8. funny part is I wanted 5/8 holes to go with by dropped leaf hangers so I went out and bought poly bushings. when I went to press out the rubber bushings I found out that they had sleeves in the bolt holes and I didn't have to by the poly bushings afterall. I may have the sleeves somewhere

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64' Valiant Signet 5.9, 64' Dart 170 moredoor 3.7, 67' A100 3.7, 00' Dakota SLT 4.7

Thanks fellas!

64'4$peed, that's a sweet van. I've been looking for one myself up here in Vancouver. No luck yet.....

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1970 four-door Dart, 225/A-904/2.45 gears. 0-60 in twenty three minutes!

Are you sure you want six-leaf springs in the back? I've heard that they're considerably stiff for a daily driver. How old are your five-leafs? I'm planning a set of new ESPO five-leafs for the back of my Duster. I imagine that'd be about perfect until I have the D60 installed and can blow the money for a four-link conversion.

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'74 Duster w/ HEI ignition, beat to snot suspension, A904, 8.25" 3.55 SG rear, still being tuned up and gets 17 MPG

Know how they always build a better idiot? That's me

The five-leaf springs are original to the car, so 39 years old. I already have the six-leaf springs, so I thought I'd give them a shot. I really need to do something about them as the car (front end set to stock height) always looks like it's accelerating (front end sits higher than the rear).

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1970 four-door Dart, 225/A-904/2.45 gears. 0-60 in twenty three minutes!

Let me know if it seems to ride too stiff for you or not. I want mine to have good, tight handling, but not to be too rough for a DD. I still haven't ordered my new springs yet, so I could really go either way.

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'74 Duster w/ HEI ignition, beat to snot suspension, A904, 8.25" 3.55 SG rear, still being tuned up and gets 17 MPG

Know how they always build a better idiot? That's me