broke leaf springs

[MUDDER TRUCKER]

guess i had sloppy u bolts, snaped the top load spring and bottom helper spring. bought used springs for 50 bucks. put my 3 add a leafs in the new pair. just waiting for the bushings to get here. here are a few pics.

 

[branndon_b]

that's crazy right there.

 

[MUDDER TRUCKER]

yeah i had to do like 20mph to get home, every time i hit the gas or braked the axle moved about 3-4 inches. that could have been bad.

 

[T-Bagg]

How'd you do that? I just took mine out to the desert and was putting her over jumps without problem.

 

[MUDDER TRUCKER]

beats me man...and i have 7 springs.....haha i must beat the piss out of it more than i thought

 

[bowtiefreak]

I've been bending the centering pins but never broke a spring yet. Good thing you caught that.

 

[99COOP]

You should have that shim under the block, not on top. That could have caused the stress needed to break the overload spring. I have also seen a lot of blocks with the spring angle shim mounted on top of the block get spit out from the axle. Might want to rework that setup.

 

[MUDDER TRUCKER]

i had the shim bolted to the spring pack. was thinking about removing the shim completely

 

[MUDDER TRUCKER]

got everything all bolted back in and new bushings! time to get tires rims and 3in flares!!!