USA-made leaf spring provides an attachment point for your trailer's axle. Spring flexes to resist shock while ensuring a smooth ride. Includes bushing with 9/16" inner diameter.
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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 hooked 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. Let's take a quick look at this six leaf slipper spring with hook end for your 8,000 pound trailer axle. Now this spring is made from a sturdy steel construction and it's designed to flex to absorb road shock and give you a smooth ride. That's gonna help of course reduce wear and tear on your trailer. And it's going to ensure a level ride on bumpy and uneven surfaces. So this is designed to mount to your trailer frame with hangers or a hanger kit, and those items are sold separately.
But if you're in need of those items, you can find 'em right here at etrailer. Now in the eye is a pre-installed nylon bushing and the eye of this spring will attach to the hangar mounted on your trailer frame. Then the slipper end slides into your hangar or equalizer. Again, this spring contains six leaves, as you can see here, and the leaf thickness is three eighths of an inch. This has a spring capacity by itself of 4,000 pounds.
And again, when you have another one of these springs on the other side of your trailer, that's where you're gonna get your 8,000 pound trailer axle capacity. Looking at the length from the center of the eye to the end of the hook here, we're sitting right at about 29 and a half inches. The width of our spring is two inches. The diameter of the eye with the bushing is nine sixteenths of an inch. Without the bushing, it's 11 sixteenths of an inch.
Now to ensure proper axle alignment and suspension performance, leaf springs should always be replaced in pairs, and we do recommend installation by a professional. If you are looking for a professional installation, if you would prefer to have someone else install this, rather than you do it yourself, take a look on this product page. Underneath the photo section, we have a link to our installer locator. And if you click that link, you can actually use that to find an etrailer partnered installer in your area to do the work for you. So if you're looking to have someone else install, you can click that link to find an installer in your area that will do the work for you.
But if you have any other questions, don't hesitate to reach out. We do wanna make sure that you're getting exactly what you need. Well, again, my name's Andy. Thank you for joining me.
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