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Leadfoot4U · 10-05-2020, 07:58 AM

I'm doing a body off restoration, while having the differential out of the car I noticed the rear spring perches seemed "off". Using a couple of steel stakes in the perches I found this:

Obviously one perch is bent from the other. When looking down from above the right perch (I'm standing at the drive shaft end) looks perpendicular to the differential center line:

The left alignment looks like this:

No doubt the problem side is the left (in the fore ground of the first image). What can I do about this? Can I heat this forged steel perch to straighten, or am I pooched?

10-05-2020, 07:58 AM	#1
Leadfoot4U Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 36	'34 bent rear spring perches I'm doing a body off restoration, while having the differential out of the car I noticed the rear spring perches seemed "off". Using a couple of steel stakes in the perches I found this: Obviously one perch is bent from the other. When looking down from above the right perch (I'm standing at the drive shaft end) looks perpendicular to the differential center line: The left alignment looks like this: No doubt the problem side is the left (in the fore ground of the first image). What can I do about this? Can I heat this forged steel perch to straighten, or am I pooched? Last edited by Leadfoot4U; 10-05-2020 at 08:04 AM.