Leaf springs
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Leaf springs
On my 1998 f-150 my bottom leafs on both sides seem to have shifted sideways about half the width of the leaf itself should i be conserned> I am in the process of remodeling a room in the house and need to haul the old lath and plaster away. a lot of weight. i drove to work today with it loaded (not full) seemed heavy but not squirrly should i try to reset them a little advise would be appreciated thanks Rick
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Originally Posted by Rick32
would it help to realign them and tighten the u bolts?
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if your going to loosen your u bolts you might as well replace them, because they are more vulnerable to breaking once you remove the pressure on them. But thats just somthing i have heard time and time again, never actually had them break.
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Originally Posted by BURNSTOUGHFORD
if your going to loosen your u bolts you might as well replace them, because they are more vulnerable to breaking once you remove the pressure on them. But thats just somthing i have heard time and time again, never actually had them break.
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fell asleep one morning going down a road in my 92 and creemed into and out of a ditch and the only thing that happened was the rear leafs were like that buy more like an inch out, didnt noticed any handling problems, but now that i think about it i left a trailer atached over night and the next morning it rear axel was on the bumpstops, so it might just give you some over load prootection
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