2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Leaf spring wear pads?

[jwinnie]

Those little plastic pads between the leaves at the tips.

They are worn out after 150k so it's metal on metal. I'm having a hard time finding replacements. Anyone have a P/N or a link to some?



Thanks

 

[jwinnie]

OK, Deaver spring had them in stock @ $. 95 a piece.

 

[DieselDave]

Most any light/medium duty truck spring shop will have a suitable aftermarket replacement available for you at a very reasonable cost. Be careful installing them, springs will bite!

 

[SRath]

+1 there! Leaf springs aren't quite so bad; but as grandad told me when I was a teenager:

"The average coilspring can do about three laps around the walls of the garage before embedding itself in your forehead. "

That graphic has always stuck with me for some reason...

 

[jwinnie]

Thanks for the heads up, I'll be dropping the U bolts to put in my Carli spring packs Oo. , So they should be easier then.

 

[DieselDoghouse]

SRath: me thinks our grandads were twin sons from different mothers! That kind of warning sounds verry familiar!!!

 

[Bob4x4]

Be careful installing them, springs will bite!

Very true... ... ... . there was a recall some years back where you were supposed to separate the leaves to install a new style silencer pad. They sent them to one of the shop rookies where he promptly lost 2 front teeth and a nd left quite the blood trail before he stopped running around like the proverbial chicken with his head cut off