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Offline wiliermdb

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Check your leaf springs.
« on: August 13, 2013, 05:41:17 AM »
How old are your leaf springs? Have you inspected them?

This happened to my brother yesterday on his way back to Texas. He got about 100 miles from my house when a spring snapped clean in half. Delayed his trip home by several hours. Was able to find two new springs at Tractor Supply.

With many of you heading to Red Wing it would be wise to check those springs and all mounts. Springs are cheap to replace.
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Re: Check your leaf springs.
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2013, 07:24:00 AM »
Nice clean break with no rust ...
Would have been hard to catch that one !
Easy fix at home ... NOT so easy 100 miles from home !
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Re: Check your leaf springs.
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2013, 07:43:22 AM »
Always good to do some inspection before hitting the road but like Gregg said, not sure that would have been very obvious unless it was maybe partially broken? Maybe through one spring to begin with?
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Re: Check your leaf springs.
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2013, 07:11:30 PM »
I'd say, if your springs are over 10 years old you might as well change them. It's a cheap and easy fix that could stop a disaster from happening. I changed mine when I bought my CVX three years ago. They were $35 each with all new mounting hardware and U-bolts for the axle.

Luckily, my brother only burned off about 20,000 miles on the tire that rubbed the inside of the fender at 70 mph for about a minute. He was able to limp it to an entrance ramp about 200 yards ahead and use the shoulder there to work on it. At least he wasn't on the shoulder of the actual travel lanes going 70+. Got the broken spring replaced (had a heck of a time getting the original bolts out). Towed it 5 miles to the next exit and was able to use a truck stop canopy to change the other one.

His normal 7 hour trip that started at 8 AM from my house ended up getting him home at 11 PM.
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