Broken Spring
I posted this question on a NuWa owners' forum but am also posting it here in the hopes of getting as much advice as possible.
While doing my beginning-of-the-season greasing of suspension fittings on my HitchHiker 26.5RLBG, I noticed a broken spring leaf on the curb-side rear axle. The spring pack is 4-leaf and the broken leaf is number 2 from the bottom. Number 3 leaf looks like it may have an incipient crack in it also, and number 4 isn't looking real happy either. So, time to replace BOTH packs on the rear axle.
My question to all of you is, can I replace the 4-leaf packs with 5-leak packs (if available), on the rear axle only, at this time without goofing up anything else? The ride height would only be maybe 5/16" higher (or whatever is the thickness of the additional leaf) on the rear axle. Later this year I can put springs on the front axle to match the rear.
Seems to me the minimal difference in height shouldn't matter in the short term, but this is my first tandem-axle trailer and I don't know for sure.
Any and all advice will be gratefully accepted. Thanks.
While doing my beginning-of-the-season greasing of suspension fittings on my HitchHiker 26.5RLBG, I noticed a broken spring leaf on the curb-side rear axle. The spring pack is 4-leaf and the broken leaf is number 2 from the bottom. Number 3 leaf looks like it may have an incipient crack in it also, and number 4 isn't looking real happy either. So, time to replace BOTH packs on the rear axle.
My question to all of you is, can I replace the 4-leaf packs with 5-leak packs (if available), on the rear axle only, at this time without goofing up anything else? The ride height would only be maybe 5/16" higher (or whatever is the thickness of the additional leaf) on the rear axle. Later this year I can put springs on the front axle to match the rear.
Seems to me the minimal difference in height shouldn't matter in the short term, but this is my first tandem-axle trailer and I don't know for sure.
Any and all advice will be gratefully accepted. Thanks.
