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hotrod80
 Post subject: rear leaf spring ?
PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:24 pm 
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Anybody bent the factory leaves on the rear ? I think I have bent mine at the shackle in the rear . Also the clamps on rear side of the leaf are wearing into the main spring . I'll try and post a picture of them .
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Seen them bent on the front using slapper bars but never on the rear.

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I have had the rear shackles flip, it may be starting to do this.

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sounds like no bueno

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Plenty of spring shops in Houston. They can straighten them, rebush them and retemper them. They can add a leaf or two. Or even build you a heaver duty set of springs. with out making it ride rougher too.

I have worked with Cole Spring and Herbert Hiteman Company. Both do good work.

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sounds like a lot of weight was placed in the bed maybe? i dunno... the front gets bent really easy if you use slapper bars and really really easy if you use cal tracs.

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I have slapper , but the snubbers are under the spring eye .
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It's this situation that i like my ladder bars.I still use my springs(over load removed)but nothing to bend,and it hooks hard to.

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Well , I can tell you DON'T pull the slapper bars to help wieght transfer . I did this last night and crushed the factory leaves . It pulled the wheels so hard it drug the trailer hitch on the ground . Now i'm changing springs .
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My old one are off and on rbman's for now . His will be going on mine tomorrow .
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