What is this welded to my spring hanger?

[Joe Blaze]

Can anyone advise why someone would weld this to the front of my front spring hanger on my '71 Blazer? It is only on the driver's side. I am replacing the springs, and wondered if i need one on the other side, or could i grind it off. I want the suspension setup to be the same on both sides.

 

[chalet2506]

Looks like some kind of redneck support or patch. Whatever is under there is probably not good.....

 

[scottishdave]

Both of my 72's had that and both only had it on the drivers side.

Pics of both...

 

[Greg72]

Looks like some kind of redneck support or patch. Whatever is under there is probably not good.....

FAIL!

That's factory.....believe it or not.


It's only on the driver's side and it was one of two parts that were added to prevent loss of steering if the spring bolts ever broke. That cage is on the the front hanger, and there was a small "dorsal fin" looking part that went behind the rear spring eye near the shackle. I forget when the cutover happened, but some of the earliest 1st Gens don't have them. Most of the later models do (unless they were already cut off)

I had to remove the rear one when I added soft springs... they flexed a lot more than stock and would hit it. Then, only the passenger side spring would continue to compress under braking, etc. Made for some VERY interesting handling behavior.


There's really no reason to cut it off, unless it bothers you or if it is somehow in the way of a custom, double-wrapped spring eye.

 

[Z71paramedic]

Mine has it too, not sure what for though...

 

[Engineered Vintage]

See Greg's explanation in Post #8 (halfway down):

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=234417&highlight=SPRING+HANGER+FAILURE+BLAZER

 

[Greg72]

How DARE you invoke the "SEARCH" function.......!!!!

ps. That Greg72 guy in that old thread really seems to know his sh1t

 

[Z71paramedic]

I forgot about that post. That Greg guy really does seem to have a veritable plethora of valuable first-gen knowledge rattling around up there

 

[NorCal69]

That Greg guy really does seem to have a veritable plethora of valuable first-gen knowledge rattling around up there

Agreed.




Oh, I had it on mine too.

 

[Greg72]

I forgot about that post. That Greg guy really does seem to have a veritable plethora of valuable first-gen knowledge rattling around up there

Yeah, I had a "veritable plethora" once in college..... it took quite a bit of penicillin to finally get rid of it.

So itchy.

 

[Z71paramedic]

Yeah, I had a "veritable plethora" once in college..... it took quite a bit of penicillin to finally get rid of it.

So itchy.

well played

 

[chalet2506]

Both of my 72's had that and both only had it on the drivers side.

Pics of both...

FAIL!

That's factory.....believe it or not.


It's only on the driver's side and it was one of two parts that were added to prevent loss of steering if the spring bolts ever broke. That cage is on the the front hanger, and there was a small "dorsal fin" looking part that went behind the rear spring eye near the shackle. I forget when the cutover happened, but some of the earliest 1st Gens don't have them. Most of the later models do (unless they were already cut off)

I had to remove the rear one when I added soft springs... they flexed a lot more than stock and would hit it. Then, only the passenger side spring would continue to compress under braking, etc. Made for some VERY interesting handling behavior.


There's really no reason to cut it off, unless it bothers you or if it is somehow in the way of a custom, double-wrapped spring eye.

Mine has it too, not sure what for though...

Not one on my 72 Jimmy. Must be a Blazer thing, only tards drive blazers.

 

[Engineered Vintage]

Not one on my 72 Jimmy. Must be a Blazer thing, only tards drive blazers.

Nobody on this board actually "drives" their blazer! Haven't you been paying attention to all the build threads?

 

[scottishdave]

Nobody on this board actually "drives" their blazer! Haven't you been paying attention to all the build threads?

Quoted for 99.99% truth

 

[sponsoredbydad]

I dun did drove mines once or two

 

[NorCal69]

I dun did drove mines once or two

You're the .01%

 

[Greg72]

SuperDave got awfully close with his new blue one..... But it's already on jack stands!

D'Oh!

 

[scottishdave]

I just cant leave things well enough alone.

It sure was fun driving it while i did though, Thank god time and money wont let a case of the "might as well's" come on.

 

[AJs72K5]

I dun did drove mines once or two

you drove it around the block without the front clip on it. I've seen the video... Still more than most of us have done.

 

[scottishdave]

you drove it around the block without the front clip on it. I've seen the video....