How to correctly clamp leaf springs to hookup!

StrokerScamp said
Ummmm....what? The snubber's "job" is to plant the tires on the track. Period. It has no other function whatsoever. Pinion angle is a static measurement that should be 5-7* nose down in relation to drive shaft. Per the Mopar Performance Chassis Manual.

That's entirely possible but would have absolutely nothing to do with pinion angle. If the snubber was deteriorated, then it was not working to its full capacity to plant the tires and that was causing the problem.

Mopar Performance actually does not recommend a snubber with SS springs on an automatic car. Although many people run them with success, they are not necessary. I did not see you specify auto or manual. Maybe I missed it. If you have the SS springs already, they come clamped correctly unless they have been modified. Those SS springs are designed to be used with the stock spring hangers in the stock location. Flipping them might open another can of worms. Instead of guessing, you need to iron it out like it is supposed to be, then make mods from there or you may never find the problem.

Sounds like a plan.

4 speed. Stock setup had the problem of chatter too. Only did it when you did the inbetween power slipping clutch and increasing power. If you slipped it with higher rpms or let it out easy with low rpms it didn't do it. I also didn't do it if you put the wheels against a tire stop. Only thing that did anything to control it was when I put some cheap traction bars on the stock springs. I took them off because they hung low and didn't fit very well.

The listing I saw lately for the SS springs recommend a snubber be used with them. Ah thanks for the info on the clamps aready being there. One has two straps in front and one in back. The other has one in front and one in back. There are less of these straps on the stock springs. So these are suppose to do the same function as the spring clamps you would purchase? Doesn't look like they would clamp as tight. I saw the spring clamps on sale in a package of four. Hadn't heard of clamping springs before but I understand the function from what I have about it read.

The springs did raise the rearend about 2". Doesn't that shift the CG forward?