:-D I will definately loosen and check, retorque after reading all this, beleive that rusty knows about this after reading all of it. but I always tightened them "farm tractor tight" on the old hemi car, have seen pics w/ the rear part of the s.s. springs spead like eagles wing feathers, never had any strange popping or anything. the hemi was prob. too loud to hear it anyway, and there was alot that happened when I dropped the hammer on it. wheels usually about 6 to 10' off the ground till second gear change, when there was a little bite. rusty, don`t get offended so easy,(pot callin the kettle black here) there is a lot of guys makin statements on here that don`t know squat about what their talkin about, we just have to read between the lines and make up our own mind. nuff said on my part!!!!!!bob:coffee2: