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<blockquote data-quote="Lamar" data-source="post: 798956" data-attributes="member: 16675"><p>Dear 03RUBICON;</p><p>There are 3 possible scenarios which you can pursue if you break a leafspring, although the weight bearing leaves are unimportant if they break in the field. The only important leaf that will need to serviced in the field is the main leaf. OK, these are the possibilities:</p><p></p><p>You can use full military wrapped springs which means that if you break the main leaf, you can ride home on the second leaf without having to initiate a field repair.</p><p></p><p>You can do as I do and bolt a spare main leaf somewhere underneath the chassis/body and if you break a main leaf, you unbolt the pack, separate th eleaves and replace the main leaf. This is not much fun to do and the mil wrapped leaves are better in this regard BUT mil wrapped leaves do hinder flex, so it's something to consider.</p><p></p><p>If you have an onboard welder, which I do have, you can carry a couple of sections of old, short leaf stock with you and if you break a mainleaf then you can weld a section of leaf stock to the broken area and limp home. I've done this a lot for other rigs and they've always made it back just fine, although slower than they would like and a bit rougher than before.</p><p></p><p>Your friend;</p><p>LAMAR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lamar, post: 798956, member: 16675"] Dear 03RUBICON; There are 3 possible scenarios which you can pursue if you break a leafspring, although the weight bearing leaves are unimportant if they break in the field. The only important leaf that will need to serviced in the field is the main leaf. OK, these are the possibilities: You can use full military wrapped springs which means that if you break the main leaf, you can ride home on the second leaf without having to initiate a field repair. You can do as I do and bolt a spare main leaf somewhere underneath the chassis/body and if you break a main leaf, you unbolt the pack, separate th eleaves and replace the main leaf. This is not much fun to do and the mil wrapped leaves are better in this regard BUT mil wrapped leaves do hinder flex, so it's something to consider. If you have an onboard welder, which I do have, you can carry a couple of sections of old, short leaf stock with you and if you break a mainleaf then you can weld a section of leaf stock to the broken area and limp home. I've done this a lot for other rigs and they've always made it back just fine, although slower than they would like and a bit rougher than before. Your friend; LAMAR [/QUOTE]
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