Getting ready and found this!
I endlessly prepare to leave on a big trip--and occasionally actually do go. So yesterday I started thinking about checking my suspension and slid under the rear axle--just for a look. I was startled ...
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Veebyes wrote:
I think this spring hanger damage is another good reason to avoid jack-knife turns. Tires absorb a certain amount of twisting stress & the spring hangers get the rest.
I've met a couple guys who carried a 5 gal bucket of sand with them to put under their tires when having to jackknife on hard surface. One said that he'd shoveled dirt under his tires a couple times, too.
Lyle
