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Old 06-12-2016, 08:41 AM   #2
gearhead
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Originally Posted by trueweb View Post
Just had a leaf spring fail driving down the road. Resulted in a lot of tire smoke and the subfloor nearly on fire. I've been told get 5 leaf springs to replace the 4 which makes sense, but still. How do I prevent this from happening ever again? are there bump stops I can put above the axles to keep them from hitting the sub floor?
I think the only way to prevent this to replace the axles with torsion axles. Dexter sells them.
http://dexteraxle.com/i/u/6149609/f/...rs/Torflex.pdf
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