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Author:  Goitsy [ Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:58 am ]
Post subject:  94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
Can anyone shed any light on why my bottom leaves look as they do. Havn't seen any like it before and havn't had time to get to the spring specialists yet and am curious as to why it maybe.
Cheers Matt.
Author:  steak_knife [ Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
The bottom one is the load spring & is meant to be straight, yours have been over loaded..
Author:  MrRocky [ Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
cause there rooted, get some new ones.
Author:  Goitsy [ Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
Thanks gents.
I knew the load bearers were meant to be flat but hadn't thought thats what they were and might have been overloaded. Will be getting some lifted jobbies down the track so will just keep it going till then.
Author:  Highway-Star [ Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
All WT's I have seen (standard) looked like that. I wonder if there was a strange batch of springs made :?
Author:  MrRocky [ Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:01 am ]
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i think its more like they have done 250,000kms and are 20+ yrs old
Author:  zooker [ Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
they hang down stoopid low and get you hung up on logs :lol:
Author:  JrZook [ Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
Highway-Star wrote:
All WT's I have seen (standard) looked like that. I wonder if there was a strange batch of springs made :?


Yes id agree with you there! Maybe the idea behind them is to try and give some sort of progressive spring loading once the pack starts to come in contact with them? :?
Author:  superduki [ Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
steak_knife wrote:
The bottom one is the load spring & is meant to be straight, yours have been over loaded..


Yep spot on! my bottom ones actually snapped at the centre bolt on my epic mission due to being grossly overloaded!
Author:  Goitsy [ Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
Well I spoke to the spring guru in town and he thinks they have neen put upside down as it was too stiff the other way and done as not to have to replace the u bolts. Its a 94 WT Softtop with 164000 on the clock. So buggered if I know really.
Author:  honks [ Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
i have a 95 soft top and mine look the same if not worse the end of the load leaf is around 50-60mm from the rest of the spring pack getting some new ones soon so i hope they don't fail in the mean time
Author:  atari4x4 [ Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
looking at the gaps between the leafs they look like they've had a bit of a hard time.
Author:  steak_knife [ Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
Goitsy wrote:
Well I spoke to the spring guru in town and he thinks they have neen put upside down as it was too stiff the other way and done as not to have to replace the u bolts. Its a 94 WT Softtop with 164000 on the clock. So buggered if I know really.


:? 8O
Author:  Goitsy [ Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
Exactly

Theres no marks etc on the top of the bottom leaf either where it might have come in contact with the others either. :?
Author:  steak_knife [ Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 94 WT Sierra Rear Springs
I can see the bent main in the pic's, from the load leaf...
If he's a "guru", well................................ 8O
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