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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path1 wrote:
So if I'm a newbie...what should I look for or do? Should it be on my inspection list. Where would I get written guidance.
Any hints helpful.
Thank you
The bolt should be tight and there should be NO elongation of the holes. The head end of the bolt has straight knurling to prevent turning and that is a poor fit that becomes ineffective so wear begins. The pictured shackle shows a hole that wore till it broke out the end. Those bolts ride in a plastic bushing in the spring end and they fail quickly, but you can only guess the condition till it is disassembled.
