Do Leaf Springs Get Tired?

If you have been on this ng lately, you know about my project truck.

1988 Chevy Extended cab, 350, TBI,, TH700R4 trans, factory "tow package" and 209K miles. You'll also know that I bought a heavy, but nice, 18.5' boat and am going to tow it with this truck. In a recent post a comment was made that the rear leaf springs may be "tired" and that possibility, along with the aggravation ahead of me when I replace the existing leaf spring bushings, might warrant getting some new springs. What do you think about that? What about using an "add-a-leaf" system from one of the aftermarket lift-kit manufacturers? Al
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Al Hartkopf
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once they are grossly overloaded and degormed, they are shot

just replace 'em

any large city has a company that specializes in making replacements

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TranSurgeon

No such word as 'degormed'. Google produced some nasty results.

;-)

Hank

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Hank

LOL!!!! I'm pretty sure he meant deformed! F key right next to the G key. Bob

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Bob

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Al Hartkopf

They do get "tired" and sag although probably not nearly as much as coils do. They also will fatigue and break if they carry a heavy load for lots of miles. The trouble with "add a leaf" is that it makes the whole leaf spring package even stiffer which may not be what you want. There may be a spring shop you could go to which can check them out, re-arch them, and rebush them for you. Truckers go thru a lot of springs and visit such shops regularly if they run on rough roads a lot.

-- Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts:

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AZGuy

Al: I think that Hank has hit upon a winner there, "degormed", it fits in the sentence and we all knew it's meaning ( flexed past it's elastic limits), this can imply either cycle failure or non elastic bending. The word adds a unknown characteristic value to a material, the "Gorm", some imaginary elastic load value, wonderful.

Married to an English girl and having been often referred to as being "Gaumless" and having never known what a "Gaum" was, to have presumably once had and to have now lost, I feel a definite affinity to Hank's new word.

Maybe one day we will find it in MacHinery's Handbook

Spud

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Spud

shit

godd*m arthritis

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TranSurgeon

It was the Surgeon's new word. Give credit where credit is due.

Doc

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"Doc"

He does have arthritis.

~KJ/TLGM

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KJ

Hee hee! We's jes havin' sum fun!

To be honest.....I Googled before my brain realized the correct word.

Thanks for the chuckle. Sorry about the arthritis.

Hank

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Hank

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