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Does anyone know of a dealer carrying NOS front springs for an M37? Time to bite the bullet and get some that aren't flat.
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STOP!!! There may be an alternative.

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:shock: :D I'm not at all familiar with your neck of the woods but you may have an area that would have a spring shop. For me it's Denver Spring. The springs on the M37 6X6 were starting to flatten out quite a bit and there is the effort to take them apart and beat on the backside with a big hammer. Strange, but it does work to a degree but is cheap and time consuming and physically exhausting. It wasn't much money and the spring shop dis-assembled them, re-arched them and installed new bushings, for far less than new springs at the time. They can even make a new leaf if you have one broken. Now, several years later, the bushings are showing some wear and I need to replace them. Mr. Linn had some but I believe he is now out. If anybody has some or knows where to get some spring bushings please let me know. Thanks

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I got a pair from VPW a couple of years ago-solid product.
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That's springs AND bushings, by the way....
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We buy from McMaster-Carr & Bearing Distributors & Drives in Charlotte, NC. Both are excellent sources for spring bushings. I wish all parts were as easy to come by.
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MSeriesRebuild wrote:We buy from McMaster-Carr & Bearing Distributors & Drives in Charlotte, NC. Both are excellent sources for spring bushings. I wish all parts were as easy to come by.
I've bought from them before, I completely forgot about them. Thanks for the info.

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