The GT is resting on it’s own four wheels for the first time in a while. The new leaf springs went in yesterday.
After cleaning a lot of crud and dirt off the axle and differential, I assembled the new leaf springs onto the axle. The leaf springs were installed with Mustang hardware previously, so every piece of the mounting hardware was missing. I pieced it all together over the last few months.
I rolled the whole assembly under the car (neglected kids skateboards are the perfect height) and loosely attached the front eye bolts.
Next I used my floor jack to raise the whole assembly until the rear eyes were almost in contact with the frame. Then I slipped a strip of plastic milk jug between the spring and the frame.
As I raised the floor jack, the spring compressed and slid backwards along the frame until I was able to attach the shackles.
Once everything was loosely attached, I torqued all the bolts to spec and lowered it to the floor. Once the weight was fully on the axle, the spring settled into position and the shackle aligned itself properly.
Up next is cleaning up the driveshaft and installing new universal joints.