reseting springs

[macca81]

anyone have a rough idea on the cost to get leaf springs reset profesionaly?

i flipped a shackle the other week, and then again 2day, and since then it has not stoped flipping, even going slowly(5kph) down the tarmac...


dont really wanna do it myself as its my daily and i cant afford to fark it up...

[bad_religion_au]

anyone have a rough idea on the cost to get leaf springs reset profesionaly?

i flipped a shackle the other week, and then again 2day, and since then it has not stoped flipping, even going slowly(5kph) down the tarmac...


dont really wanna do it myself as its my daily and i cant afford to fark it up...

to get a hot reset, with new, longer main leaf (you need this to stop the shackles inverting) i was charged 75 a corner, but that was removing and installing them myself.

[macca81]

i was thinking more along the lines of getting the arch reset back to normal... keeping the origional leafs

[bad_religion_au]

i was thinking more along the lines of getting the arch reset back to normal... keeping the origional leafs

if your inverting shackles, there's a fair chance your main leaf is shot/bent anyway, i got mine rearched (hot reset is the only way to go) 2 inches taller because i was there anyway.

[Wish I had coils]

1 lamp post , 1 winch and snatch block, 1 tape measure

Leaf spring round the lamp post and pull the spring round with the winch hold it fpr a few moments. do this several times to give spring a memory

The more you pull it round the bigger the arch in the spring start slow and work it up till your happy it is very easy to do i have done this heaps of times


alternative 2 buy new springs or some from the wreckers

[bazzle]

Also fit anti inversion tabs/posts to your shackles as a matter of course.

Bazzle

[macca81]

Also fit anti inversion tabs/posts to your shackles as a matter of course.

Bazzle

yeah thats gunna be my temp fix for now, a cpl of tabs untill i fix the rest up

[bad_religion_au]

Also fit anti inversion tabs/posts to your shackles as a matter of course.

Bazzle

that's a bandaid solution.

if they're bent/ stressed, do you really want to ignore the symptoms? after all it's all that's keeping your 4bie off the road at 100k's/hour

[macca81]

it is a bandaid solution, im getting new springs in the new year, till then, bandaids are good