Thread: Replacing springs?

Huh..?? Do you mean replacement hangers, or replacement springs?

Maybe has springs like these -

https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Sus...ine/803T3.html

Nev.

It's done now. I mean if the springs break and I need to replace them, I can't without cutting off the hangers. I have springs just like the ones Nev linked, with a right angle "keeper" at the back, which means I can't slip them out. Oh well, if I ever break a spring it will make field repairs slightly more difficult.

My question was if there was a trick to it that I was missing, because I was considering welding in gussets to the hangers a bit like I welded the drawbar to the front hangers a la Yonnee's tips. But considering there is no load on the rear hangers and I did three passes on each side, strength isn't an issue and no gussets makes removal easier.

Just guessing here but they look like they would come out of rear hanger if they were unbolted from front and dropped down and slid forward.

Nev.

No, it's too tight. You'd have to either cut off the hangers (if replacing with the same springs) or cut off the right-angle bit if the replacement springs were flat slippers and could fit in. Just a bit of insurance I guess, to stop them falling out when you back over a bump.

Hi Legion, Some trucks in the 50's to 70's used the same type of spring, the cast hanger was open at the bottom with a bolt and sometimes a piece of pipe as a roller to capture the spring. This post might be a bit late as I don't visit this section to often.