Broken Spring
I posted this question on a NuWa owners' forum but am also posting it here in the hopes of getting as much advice as possible. While doing my beginning-of-the-season greasing of suspension fittings...
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djgarcia wrote:ford truck guy wrote:
I'm with ScottG on this.... For a nominal fee , you could have piece of mind knowing they are all new... Not worrying if the others will fail would get the best of me
X1, I would also suggest he replace all the bushings as well. If a spring breaks and forces tires together, you have to have a large flat bed trailer to wench up the trailer. Happened twice, the towing cost was $1200 to tow me 40 miles to the nearest repair facility:(:(
I agree that now is the time to replace all four springs with 5 leaf springs and rebuild your spring shackles while everything is apart.
Don't skimp on u-bolts either, replace all of them and even go up a diameter size on them as well. All the above mentioned parts are quite reasonably priced and well worth the effort to replace.
