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Leaf spring repair

From 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue “Back up”, documented by Sixlitre.

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1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Slacked the U-bolts sleeve nuts 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Levered the incorrect iso clamp downwards 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Deteriorated rubber and no locating center left in the rubber 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - The incorrect iso clamp is missing the detents and allows the rubber to walk 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - This side goes up against the spring and has some life left in it. 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - This other side goes against the incorrect clamp and without the slots to fit the rails of rubber at both edges, it's crushed them nearly f… 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - With parts weeks away I used the vice grips to keep the clamp and rubber located in the center, then torqued the heck out of the nuts. 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Seems to have worked for now and I'm back on the road, able to drive it until the new parts come in. 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Everything back where it should be. 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Underhood close-up at the firewall of a dark blue car: a finger points to wiring and hoses beside a rusty round wiper motor, with a wiring… 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - A zinc-plated, bright metal fabricated bracket with a raised central circular boss (bored hole) on top and two flanged mounting feet, each… 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - A zinc-plated formed sheet-metal bracket with a channel-shaped body, a large central mounting hole on top and smaller bolt holes in the fla… 1983 Chrysler Fifth Avenue - Product-style studio shot of a pair of white-bodied air-adjustable shock absorbers laid out on a gray backdrop, each with a black dust boot…