Another Question on Front Coil Springs
I last posted a question about replacing the front coil springs on my HR, which is on an '89 P30 chassis. It was recommended that I contact Supersteer, so I went to the website. I weighed the coach ...
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Springs are not rated for a certain amount of total weight. They are rated in pounds per inch of travel. It might be said that a pair of leaf springs can support "5000" pounds, but that doesn't mean one more pound would put them on the bumpstops or that would be useless. You do want to know the weight per spring corner so you have a ballpark of the proper spring rate, but spring capacity really doesn't tell you anything.
