Question leaf spring brackets on a 39 packard

Posted by darklestat79 On 2024/2/16 9:23:41

Hello All,

My 39 Packard is in the shop now getting the axles put back on. But it was a while ago that I tore down the car and the shop had a question I can't answer. So I thought I would bring it here, my Packard is like the 120 body style but my car was not that higher class model. The shop was wondering why the front leaf spring brackets have two different size holes for the leaf spring to be bolted into (I have two pictures to show on this, that I can add a little later)? The hole that is on the under belly side of the car is the smaller hole (maybe the size of one of those fat pencils). While the hole that would be seen from the side of the car you could probably put a golf ball threw it. Why the different size holes and what stops the leaf spring bolt from flopping around in the two hole. A pic or car drawing here would help a lot.

Thanks