I guess the mono-leaf rear spring couldn't be all that bad..

[90TGP]

Since the Cadillac XLR has one.

[ShockTherapy]

deep thought man...

[Justin]

The Vettes have been using the monoleafs since '68.

[Brian P]

Everyone knocks it, but God bless it. We coulda been fucked and have rear suspensions like gen 1.5 Luminas....

[Canada]

It has a lower center of gravity than nearly everyother suspension out there....

[Stevo]

Less parts too... although they could have designed the layout better in terms of lasting longer than a fart in a windstorm once those POS rubber ends started to wear.

 

I wonder what carbon fibre would be like instead.

[bluegp]

The Vettes have been using the monoleafs since '68.

Since '63 actually.

[94CutlassSLCoupe]

All my friends are like WTF when i told them about the rear suspension...but it truly is a good rear suspension...lotsa trunk space too

[Guest TurboSedan]

wrong section....this is being moved.

[GnatGoSplat]

You also don't need as large of a rear sway bar on a rear monoleaf as compared to rear coil springs.

 

The monoleaf is good, people just don't like it because it greatly reduces lowering possibilities.

[1990lumina]

Only reason I don't like it is because it sags over time

[94CutlassSLCoupe]

a lot of times it looks like its sagging (as it was in my case) but in reality either the rear alignment is off or the struts are shot

[Brian P]

The fiberglass is supposed to keep its shape and sag less compared to a leaf made of steel. I think the cars that sag with barely any weight on them were like that since new (I had a '90 CS with a sagging rear at only 80k. Got a spring from an FE3 car and all was well)

[mfewtrail]

The fiberglass is supposed to keep its shape and sag less compared to a leaf made of steel. I think the cars that sag with barely any weight on them were like that since new (I had a '90 CS with a sagging rear at only 80k. Got a spring from an FE3 car and all was well)

 

Next time I catch a saggy W' around here, I'll take some pictures. There area few B4U Grand Prix's around here that looked slammed in the rear. :shock:

[Brian P]

The fiberglass is supposed to keep its shape and sag less compared to a leaf made of steel. I think the cars that sag with barely any weight on them were like that since new (I had a '90 CS with a sagging rear at only 80k. Got a spring from an FE3 car and all was well)

 

Next time I catch a saggy W' around here, I'll take some pictures. There area few B4U Grand Prix's around here that looked slammed in the rear. :shock:

 

Oh I've seen some W's slammed down. I happened to glance under one that was parked (don't ask) and the spring actually was SPLIT! The bushings were gone (probably a while).

[mihela816]

All those bushings in the back wear out, too and drop the car a bit.

[bartonmd]

... is there a place to get those bushings? Like Eurothane bushings for the leaf or something?

 

Mike

[ursus]

The Vettes have been using the monoleafs since '68.

Since '63 actually.

 

Model T's since 1909

[comptech_69]

I like the rear suspension, just minus the fact its nearly impossible to lower