Dorman® 929-712 - Front Leaf Spring Axle U-Bolt Kit

I have had my truck since day one with only 47 miles on the odometer. Fast forward to now and I have 212,000 miles on it. Almost everything on the truck is original, including the rear leaf springs. Well they started to fail by sagging, and that was whether you had stuff in the bed or not. I looked around to get estimates for replacement, but nobody could give me one without having to bring it in. The shocks had already been replaced so I know it was not them. So now on to the DIY because nobody seem to want to give me an estimate. I checked out all the main auto parts stores around town, you know the ones. They usually have a decent selection of parts and all, but they can be pricey. Well the ones I shopped around for would be pricey and/or not in stock. Came to TRUCKiD and located the Dorman Rear Leaf Springs for my vehicle and they had them. Funny thing is this is the same brand carried at the other part stores. The only difference is they are way cheaper here even including the cost of freight shipping. I am glad I found these. They are not an exact replacement for the stock. What I mean is, I got this version which is an HD version. It is stronger than the standard replacements or the stock one. This one has four leafs in it instead of the stock three. I took me and a friend a couple of hours to replace both sides. But once it was replaced and went for a drive, the ride was smooth. Also on the plus side the truck sits level again with my 2.5" leveling kit and don't look like I have the infamous Carolina Squat going on. The part number is 34-1451HD. This is also the same part number on the other part stores websites.

This u-bolt kit works great on a 1968 Dodge Coronet Superbee with a 8.75 rear end. Just might want to trim the ends after installation but I left mine as is.

The U-Bolts worked well. I torqued them in stages to avoid possibly stripping them, like I had read about in other reviews. I would buy them again. (Unless they fail in the future, of course)

They're great. I wish I would've changed them 15 years ago great difference.

Very fast delivery, and a very cheap price. Highly recommended.

Shackle was a perfect fit for our truck. Easy to moderate install. Thank you.

I am sure these brackets will out last the truck. They appear to be made of thicker gauge metal, powder coating should prevent rust for many years. I did my repairs on my driveway with the truck up on jack stands. I used an electric drill ($8 yard sale) to remove the old rivet heads and a angel grinder ($14 Harbor Freight) to grind them flush before driving them out of the chassis. This took a hour or so for each. The rubber bushings are high quality the metal sleeves are heavier than original and took no damage while being driven into the spring eye (tip: clean the inside bore of the spring eye to bare metal before you attemp to press or drive the new bushing in). The bracket fitted up nicely to the frame holes lined up well and the nuts were deformed on the last thread only, so only moderately increased the difficulty in tightening. The shackle bolts on the other hand the whole nut had been ovaled so much I had difficulty getting a socket over them and tightening them with a 18 inch long 1/2 drive ratchet and a 18 inch long box end took what seemed and eternity as I had to exert maximum effort for every 1/16 to turn this left me with very sore hands.

It is about 1/2"- 3/4" longer than stock bump stops. So if your car is lowered you will be bottoming out even more. But I don't have an issue. I have the slp Bilstein shock/spring kit. And I haven't bottomed out yet.

Easy install.

Absolutely I will come back to buy parts from this store.