I have a 2000 Astro with steel leaf springs. Are these leaf springs built like "normal" leafs with a centering bolt? I'm wanting to lower my van and do it with a home brew setup, before I start tearing everything out I want to know what's under the mounting brackets.
I have lowered a lot of trucks, but EVERYTHING on the Astro is different I figure the leafs are different as well.
A pic of my homebrewed drop on a fiberglass spring Astro. I'm probably going to do the same on my new van. This drop is Ebay axle saddles, and a sectioned mounting bracket.
84 GMC Sierra: static drop, airbagged, now on jack stands.
95 Nissan truck: Cranked torsion bars 3" lowering blocks.
00 Astro: America Vans Conversion. Debadged, otherwise stock.
71 Chevy C-10: Ogre the Ocher truck. Work in progress.
Vans owned:
1986 Safari 2.5L 4 speed manual - scrapped
1995 Astro 2WD conversion 4.11 posi, shift kit, DHC rock rails - sold to Skippy
1998 Astro 4x4 D44, D60, NP231, full hydraulic system with 9k# Milemarker winch and snow plow - sold to Lockdoc
2003 Astro AWD all stock - traded for a 3/4 ton truck
2005 AWD, 4.10's - sold to skippy
