Hey Bryce,
If you don't have a service manual for your car, you should get one soon. They're available on ebay all the time and are worth their weight in gold. For example, my '62 Olds manual has an excellent brake diagram (exploded) that indentifies all the springs.
Here's an ebay auction in progress for a [new] '63 Olds service manual. Good Luck!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Oldsm...ayphotohosting