Check your leaf spring shackles!
Just went through a pretty rough stretch of the Alaska highway northbound between Destruction Bay and Beaver Creek, YT. Stopped for fuel, and found this: I'm lucky the axle didn't rip off!...
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The failure was many miles in the making, the bolt was loose in the shackle and actually kept elongating the hole till it wore thru. Yes, rough roads will aggravate the issue, but that failure would have happened eventually even on good roads. These things with their thin shackles, cheap nuts, plastic bushings etc., are plain junk and anyone who wants to do any kind of serious traveling needs to upgrade the parts.
The comment about PA roads should be accompanied with a comment about PA having the highest fuel tax in the nation. Talk about a double whammy!
The comment about PA roads should be accompanied with a comment about PA having the highest fuel tax in the nation. Talk about a double whammy!
