The car is a 1974 Satellite and the rear leaves are starting to sag. They are rust free and have no cracks in them, so I was considering having them rearched and reinstalled w/ poly bushings.This car is strictly a driver and I want to maintain the comfortable ride. Has anyone here done this ?? Results ? Longevity ? Comments ?? Thank you !!

I have had this done several times, the place that I deal with (not anymore; I am looking for another spring shop) I got ripped.
The orig owner died and the people that took over are out for the kill.
I took 2 sets of Volare springs in about 3 months ago and told them, that I need 1 good set, rearch and add a leaf, which they could rob from the 2nd set if they wanted; basically make 1 good set out of the two. I woulda anticipated new bushings, but they never touched them. I paid $156, to have this done, all the parts that they added were new banding straps.
I THEN had to go buy the new bushings which cost me like $70 shipped (those oval front ones are expensive; that wasn't even for poly. The rubber fronts were $56/pair, the rear shackle bushings were only $8/all.
So I have $225 in this set of springs, the place that I bought the bushings from woulda sold me a set of all new springs for $150, bushings and all, WITH the added leaf. The last time I was at this spring shop (under the old ownership) I went in with both main leaves broken around the front hangers, so he had to supply new mains with bushings, and charged me $127.50, this was 3 years ago on a set of Diplomat springs (exactly the same set of springs as my Volare) The company that I got the bushings from was ESPY out of pennsylvania. They had the bushings either stock or poly, which weren't that much more expensive. The salesperson talked me out of the polys because of the oval spring eyes' higher cracking/failure rate and the fact that the rubber would absorb more of the shock rather than transmitting it to the spring material. Check with them on the price of a new set.
So investigate pricing; it may not be worth redoing the old ones; it wasn't in my case. There's always JCWhitney. They woulda been cheaper than having my old ones redone, too, and they do list a heavier duty one in their book. (I live close enuf that I can just drive there and not pay shipping) Hope this helps. Oh, and by the way, the prices I listed above, were all with me taking the springs off the car and carrying them in there, NOT with them removing/installing them from the car.

Thank you for the info Don-- one question should i have the entire spring pack retempered once it is rearched or just have the mrearch it cold and leave it be ??? thanks dave

www.espo.com , brand new springs.

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I believe the little springs on our cars/trucks, are just too small to make it much cheaper than buying new ones, if you don´t rearch them yourself...

I would leave the rearching to big trucks, with springpacks that weigh the same as your car

Just lower the front end by adjusting the torsion bars............




Lower car = better handling

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

Hey Ed, it isn't always that easy. ANYTIME you adjust your front end height via the torsion bars have your front end aligned at that level. You'd be surprised how much difference front end height makes on your alignment! Lower it below the specified range and you may not be able to bring your alignment into specs. I experimented with this alot the last 18 years when I was doing alignments and repair. Bring a vehicle with torsion bars onto the rack, and set up the heads on the wheels, take your readings. Then adjust the front end height as needed. Watch the readings
change drastically, sometimes with as little as 1/4" difference in height!

Had the rear springs on my 1963 Dart rearched from the most recommended shop in the Phoenix, AZ area. From the outset the rear end sat too high, and after 3 years, too low.

Bought a new set from Eaton Springs, and it never drooped again.

Don't know whether this is typical, or just a bad rearch.

--Walt Jackson

Dan, Thanks, but i checked on the ESPO website and they have everything else listed for my car except the rear springs.I got a price quote of $275-300 to rearch them, install one new leaf(under the main) and reinstall them on my car. The shop foreman say they install a new leaf after they rearch them so the pack has a bit better "memory".

Call espo, don't just look at website.