Leaf spring pads

[krtkohbain27]

I was wondering which two pads would make the rear of my 96 GP sit lower and also advantages and disadvantages of using rubber vs the poly pucks. Here's are the two links.. http://www.napaonline.com/masterpages/NOLMaster.aspx?PageId=470&LineCode=BK&PartNumber=6501020&Description=Leaf+Spring+Insulator and http://napaonline.com/MasterPages/NOLMaster.aspx?PageId=470&LineCode=NCP&PartNumber=2747050&Description=Spring+Friction+Pad+-+Rear+Suspension

[Supreme Cutlass]

Rubber probably won't last as long as the poly, and is harder to install. But poly probably sits higher. If you want to lower your ride get a whole new spring.

[krtkohbain27]

When you say "harder to install" meaning the rubber ones, would I still be able to install like with the poly pucks where you don't have to remove the spring leaf? Is it that much more difficult to where you have to remove the spring leaf just to get the rubber pads off and on? I'd hope not.. would cost me $96 to do that. And I have the FAF spring. Problem is.. the pads he puts on the spring are way thicker than the one's sold at NAPA. I wish I would have know this before I installed the spring..

[RJansen658]

Get the poly pucks... they work good and are silent. They are very easy to install.

 

Just rent a balljoint press from Autozone, Advanced, or Murrays. Lay on your back under the rear with the ball joint press opened all the way up. Hook the balljoint press up over rear frame structure just above the monoleaf, so that when you close the clamp the spring will draw up. An antifreeze jug cap works good on the end of the press to protect the spring. Once you have it up, slide the puck, slotted side down, into the knuckle slot, then release the spring and done.

[1990lumina]

or you can just jack the spring up with a floor jack after you have the rear of the car sitting on jack stands..

[Scott205]

Hey Guys,

 

I am missing my rear passenger side leaf spring insulator near the wheel. If I got the ones from Napa he showed in the link would this replace the outside one near the wheel? how difficult to get it installed?

 

Thanks,

 

Scott

[White93z34]

Should not be to hard to install if the OE one is missing just get the car on jackstands and use a jack with a piece of wood to move the leaf up and slide the white pad under the spring.

 

I have heard before that the white napa pucks make the back of the car sit a little bit higher. I may and up just pulling my leaf again and putting new rubber insulators on it in a attempt to make the rear sit a touch lower. I was changing out my old sagging leaf, and my replacement was missing its rubber pads and I had a new set of those white plastic pucks sitting around so I used them.

[Crazy K]

someone once talked about shaving the pucks so that they would affect the ride height less... that sounds like a much better idea, although i have not cared to do so, since often the rear sags a bit and this helps counter-act that in a vehicle with stock ride height.

 

 

i just installed these in a local guy's car that I also did struts on. his rear was VERY noisy, which appears to have been entirely the leaf rubbing on the spindle assembly. (though the 1 strut and mount was bad)

 

i raised the car and put it on jackstands, and used a floor jack with a black of wood on top to press against the spring as close to the end as I could. I jacked it up and then had to pull down on the tire to force the spring to provide clearance, but once that was done I was able to tap the poly block in place. It helps to have a long stick that you can reach pass the end of the jack with.