USA-made slipper leaf spring acts as part of your trailer's suspension system providing an attachment point for a 4,700-lb axle. Spring flexes to resist shock while ensuring a smooth ride. Includes bushing with 9/16" inner diameter.
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| Part Number | A | B | C | D | E | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EM68RB | 13-1/8" | 27" | 26-1/4" | 13-3/4" | 14-1/8" | 3-1/2" |
Note: To ensure proper axle alignment and suspension performance, leaf springs should always be replaced in pairs.
Leaf springs are an integral part of your trailer suspension system. The leaf springs provide the attachment points for your trailer's axle, suspending it from the frame of your trailer. Each spring flexes to absorb road shock as you travel, allowing the axle to move somewhat independently of the rest of your trailer. This helps to reduce wear and tear on the trailer and also ensures a smooth ride.
Slipper leaf springs attach to hangers that are welded onto your trailer. The eye of this spring will attach to the front hanger with a suspension bolt. The slipper end of the spring will slide into the rear hanger. If you have a tandem- or triple-axle trailer, the slipper end will slide into the equalizer that connects multiple springs. The shape of the slipper end of a leaf spring may vary slightly due to differences among trailer manufacturers. Because of this, it's important to check your leaf spring's slipper end before purchasing a replacement spring.
To mount this spring, you will need hangers, a suspension bolt, and possibly a spring keeper bolt, depending on the design of the rear hanger. If you are simply replacing a spring, you may still have hangers welded onto your trailer, but it would be wise to replace the bolts as they can experience wear. It is also recommended that you replace the other leaf spring in your setup at the same time. Because springs can sag and elongate as they wear, this new spring may not exactly match the old one, and the alignment of your trailer could be affected.
If you are fabricating a trailer, you will need to purchase a hanger kit for installation. To determine the type of hanger kit that you need, you must know the specific type of leaf spring that you have, as well as your axle capacity. Depending on the hanger kits used with them, springs can be configured to work for single-, tandem- or triple-axle applications. Hangers and other suspension components can also be purchased separately if there isn't a complete kit that works for your setup.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com. Let's take a quick look at this four leaf spring with open eye for your 4,700 pound trailer axle. Now this slipper leaf spring acts as part of your trailer suspension system by providing an attachment point for your 4,700 pound trailer axle. This is made of sturdy steel construction with a powder coat finish to help resist rust and corrosion. This is designed to flex, to absorb road shock, and provide a smooth ride. It's gonna help reduce wear and tear on your trailer, and it's going to ensure a level ride on bumpy and uneven surfaces.
Now as you probably know, slipper leaf springs attached to hangers that are welded onto your trailer. The eye of the spring will attach to the front hanger with the suspension bolt, and the slipper end of the spring will slide into the rear hanger. Now if you have a tandem or triple axle trailer, the slipper end will slide into the equalizer that connects multiple springs, and the shape of the slipper end of a leaf spring may vary due to differences among trailer manufacturers. Because of this, it is important to check your leaf springs slipper end before purchasing a replacement spring. Now, it is recommended that you replace the other leaf spring in your setup at the same time because springs can sag and elongate as they wear.
This new spring may not exactly match the old one, and the alignment of your trailer could be affected. Leaf spring should always be replaced in pears, and we do recommend installation by a professional. Now, in the eye is a pre-installed nylon bushing. The eye diameter with the bushing is nine-sixteenths of an inch. Without the bushing, it's one inch.
And again, this is a four leaf spring, and the leaf thickness is three eighths of an inch. And individually, this has a capacity of 2,350 pounds. Of course, when you combine this spring with the other spring of the same capacity on the other side of your trailer, that's where you get your 4,700 pound trailer axle capacity. Now let me go ahead and measure this spring for you. I wanna measure the length first, and so slipper springs can be a little bit tricky to measure.
So what I'm doing is I'm measuring from the center of the eye to right about, near the center of the hook there of the spring, so, of the slipper end rather. So we're sitting right at about 26 and a quarter inches long. And the width of the spring is one and three quarters inches. I do want to point out that additional dimensions with the diagram are available on this product page. If there's any other information that you're looking for, measurements or instructions on how to measure springs. But if you happen to have any other questions about this or any of the other parts that we carry here at etrailer.com, don't hesitate to reach out to us, 'cause we do wanna make sure that you're getting exactly what you want and need. Well, I think it's gonna wrap up our look today. I do hope that it was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.
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