12-15-2013, 02:28 PM | #1 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spring, Texas
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| Leaf Spring Question
Three springs; main spring, medium length spring and short spring. Is it ridiculous to put the medium length spring under the main spring? I want to use those two, but I hate the idea of putting the medium one on top of the main spring only to hold them together with zip ties. |
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12-15-2013, 03:25 PM | #2 | |
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12-16-2013, 10:34 AM | #3 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Canada
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I have never bought into that whole thing at all. as far as I am concerned all the leafs should be under the main. they don't stop spring wrap being on top in my opinion. I have a GCM 4TEN, a TF2 and now this sawback. In my experience I use all the leafs properly ie the same as a full size and they are stiff to begin with but all of the trucks have worked in in a reasonable amount of time with good articulation and none of them have s shaped springs. If you want softer remove a short leaf, softer still remove the longer leaf. but consider an antiwrap bar to save the springs deforming. Also the way leaf springs work you are more likely to see damaging spring wrap with the main and the shortest on the bottom because most of the main spring has no support so it bends around the short leaf. Having said all that.....my trucks are trail trucks not crawlers and while they do get a workout its not on a severe crawler course. |
12-16-2013, 10:39 AM | #4 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fairfield ME
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Plenty of 1:1 off-road rigs use a leaf on top of the main. Often it's cut in half so that it helps prevent axle wrap but not inhibit droop as much. | |
12-16-2013, 05:42 PM | #5 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spring, Texas
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Thanks for the replies. I like not only the look of the medium spring on bottom, but the fact that it limits and supports the main spring without a plastic ziptie ruining the scale look. Question answered! Thanks!
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12-18-2013, 03:18 PM | #6 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
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so the best waY to run is main on top then medium under it right ?
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12-18-2013, 03:52 PM | #7 |
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Are these springs the same as the tf2?
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12-18-2013, 04:32 PM | #8 |
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12-18-2013, 08:02 PM | #9 |
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12-19-2013, 04:55 AM | #10 |
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12-19-2013, 10:18 AM | #11 |
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