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cannesdo
Explorer
Feb 21, 2016

Next issue...leaf spring unseated during u-bolt removal...

My old shocks are discontinued. My new shocks have longer studs so I have to remove the plate under the u-bolts (above the u-bolt nuts) in order to install them. There is what I thought was a bolt i...
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Gene_Ginny
Explorer
Feb 22, 2016
cannesdo wrote:
.. I don't know how the springs could drop as they're still connected on both ends, just not in the middle. .....
The springs are suspended in the middle by the U bolts over the axle, one U bolt on each side of the spring pack. One U bolt in the pictures has both nuts missing and there is a space between the spring pack and the axle. The U bolts are what hold the spring tight against the axle.

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