94 cutlass supreme rear struts?

[dodge99]

my question is, can anyone tell me if they have the same car that does not have coil springs in the rear over the struts? i bought struts for my kids car and they sold me struts with out the spring attachment to it ?
that is all that is on it now ...just struts? im sure there should be a set of springs. i can not seem to get the right info until monday until i can call a sales garage taht has the profile of that vechile.....help!
any help would be appreciated.

[Stormysdad]

Don't believe any of the 'W' cars had coil springs in the back. They had a fibreglass transverse leaf spring tucked up in the rear cradle. Its black/grey, about 5" wide and arcs across the width of the car. Visible from underneath. Seems like there was an additional 'helper spring, looked like a figure 8 rubber piece.

[94cutlatized]

hello, i have a 94 cutlass, they dont have springs in the struts, they have a fiberglass monoleaf, you will notice this leafe going out, when your car starts falling from the back and the front looks higher.

[dodge99]

thanks for the help guys ....it does have the 2 piece kind of like sway bar that is at a 45 degree ....flexes when it goes up and down and also it has the figure 8 rubber under the strut, i am going to call the olds dealer ship monday see what they say also, thanks again.

[94cutlatized]

yeah, no problem, but make sure that the struts were the problem, in my case both the monoleaf and the struts are out. remember, that monoleaf is fiberglass, and it will go out some day.

[saturnmoon]

I just had that problem with my struts. When you order parts order the one with the mounts. That rubber piece is included and it is very hard to compress the thing if it shoots out of the bracket ( and it will shoot out if you don't get the screw in right away to hold it down). The rubber piece shot out of my right one and I'm having a heck of a time finding somone/something to compress it. Good Luck

[dodge99]

Originally Posted by saturnmoon

I just had that problem with my struts. When you order parts order the one with the mounts. That rubber piece is included and it is very hard to compress the thing if it shoots out of the bracket ( and it will shoot out if you don't get the screw in right away to hold it down). The rubber piece shot out of my right one and I'm having a heck of a time finding somone/something to compress it. Good Luck

did that to saturn, took a bolt and a washer with a nut and tightned the top half down all the way and it went back in, then just take the bolt out and stick a screwdriver in there and flip the washer and nut out.

[stanmanr]

every four years i replace the rear shock struts .they get old and leak and eventually bind. this binding keeps the fiberglass spring from using the stored energy from its last movement from restoring the car to its proper height.