broke a leaf spring

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  1. 97 red

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    Il be sure to check the shackles and ya iv seen pics of leafs sticking out of a bed, I'm glad that didn't happen to me lol that woulda sucked
     
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    Pity7700 oh umm...uhh?

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    hells yea. youd have a big problem lol
     
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    It's just having that constant flex, sh*t wears out :boxing:
     
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    Will springs off of a like 97 suburban fit? they measure 2.5 wide and are like an inch longer but they have 5 thick leaves, I found some for 50 apiece
     
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    I found out the chevy ones measure 30 30 and ford ones are 26 32, so I'm getting some off a 99 150, 75 apiece
     
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    That's not a bad price. You installing them yourself?

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    i would imagine so since he has the truck jacked up already :shocked:
     
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    Yeah my pass. side shackle snappped, sounded like someone smacked my truck with a baseball bat when it happened. Drove the spring up into the bottom of the bed. I have a little dimple in the floor of my bed thats hardly noticable though. I guess if I was hauling something at the time it might have been worse.

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    Yeah im going to do them myself, I took both old ones off and have the axle sitting on a block right now. This is my first time changing leaf springs tho:rockit:


    and 01screw, that sucks for sure, when i looked at mine i was just wtf :whymewhyme::whymewhyme:
     
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    Yeah the sound of it smacking the bed scared the crap out of me, i remember saying (out loud) HOLY S**T, WTF was that ?? and i was by myself :)
     

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