Front springs

[Dr. Jones]

Anyone know where I can get a set of front springs? I tried Rock Auto, Advanced and Autozone.

[barkford]

Dont know if an 1984 gen1 part would work on an earlier model year but maybe woth a look?
http://parts.nissanusa.com/nissanparts/ ... on=Keyword

Have you also thought about pull a part?

http://www.pullapart.com/

[Dr. Jones]

I try to stay away from the dealership but I do need a oil cooler gasket and are the only ones I can find that have them. I will ask them and see what they have. Hows the leaky Max doing? I used to just deal with it in mine but I have since needed to caulk it because my laptop hates it.

[asavage]

Do you have to have new ones, or will used ones (for LD28) do?

Mark Hartz still has the '81 Wagon in his backyard. You'd have to pay him to pull & ship the springs, but I'm pretty sure he'd do it. PM me if interested, or try calling him directly (his phone number is in the last post in that thread).

[Dr. Jones]

Thanks Al. I have a set of used ones, I just feel that they are probably worn out by now. Any thoughts of the longevity of this part?

I will definetly compile a list for Mark.

[asavage]

My Wagon had leafs in back, and they were definitely shot.

I do not think the coils are particularly robust, no, but I couldn't hazard a guess as to longevity.

[Dr. Jones]

Napa is showing a set, I might try them. I replaced the rears in both and ended up with dramatically different results. My manual sits high and is more likely to get loose than the automatic it sits a little low. I got the rears for the manual at autozone or advanced and the rears for the automatic from rock auto. I would get them from rock auto in the future. Before replacing the rears they were really bad. I can't see the fronts being much better although I don't have as uch bounce if the front as I did in the rear.

[Duaneclark]

An old trick front alignment shops used, if one spring sags a little compared to the other, they would insert a rubber spacer in the coils, so both springs were at the same height.