Rubber Spring Cushions

njk53 · 11-23-2009, 09:25 AM

My brother and I are doing some rear end maintainance work on our car, which is a Chevrolet Wagon. The rubber cushion/dampner on the top of the coil spring that interfaces with the frame on the one side was torn up pretty bad. I was wondering should I replace the cushion or leave it out completely? Opinions?

tj310 · 11-23-2009, 01:31 PM

Slip a piece of heater hose onto the top coil.

67ss · 11-24-2009, 03:22 PM

You can leave it out. Don't have them in our car. If it were a street car you would want to keep them in to quite the ride a bit I guess but otherwise just leave them out. Energy Suspension sells poly ones to replace them if you want.

11-23-2009, 09:25 AM	#1
njk53 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: East China, MI Posts: 504 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Rubber Spring Cushions My brother and I are doing some rear end maintainance work on our car, which is a Chevrolet Wagon. The rubber cushion/dampner on the top of the coil spring that interfaces with the frame on the one side was torn up pretty bad. I was wondering should I replace the cushion or leave it out completely? Opinions? __________________ Nelson Kowal Stock 345

11-23-2009, 01:31 PM	#2
tj310 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dresden On. Canada Posts: 460 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Rubber Spring Cushions Slip a piece of heater hose onto the top coil.

11-24-2009, 03:22 PM	#3
67ss Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 29 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Rubber Spring Cushions You can leave it out. Don't have them in our car. If it were a street car you would want to keep them in to quite the ride a bit I guess but otherwise just leave them out. Energy Suspension sells poly ones to replace them if you want. __________________ Chad Harris 67 Chevelle SS http://mysite.verizon.net/harrisracing