Ken G's Journal

I completed the refresh on the rear springs. It ended up being a bunch of work, all easy but pretty dirty. The springs were all corroded but with lots of work with the wire brush on the drill I was able to get them decent.
I replaced the non-stick plastic material between the leafs, primed them with rustolem rust primer and with rustolem semi-gloss black. The primer worked great, but I'm not sure about the long term quality of the paint to stay on. It seems like it scratches easily. I'll keep an eye on it and consider switching to VRT or something else if needed.
Before and after pictures added

I'm seeing new springs from Moss is $116.00 (plus shipping) which did have the new bushings installed. I ended up spending $18.00 for the new liners, new upgraded bushings (which I would have gotten anyways, some paint and a wire brush. So maybe $30 max. I bet I spent 3 hours labor on each spring.

Was it worth it, I think so I saved about $200, and it wasn't hard work just messy. I suspect that springs I clean up are not as good as new ones but they are now in much better shape then they were. I plan on watching them this summer and when I do my full tear down this fall I inspect them and reevaluate them.