Best 1967 Jeep CJ-5 Trailer Leaf Spring Suspensions

After receiving my shipment yesterday, I was concerned that parts may have been missing due to the shape of the shipping box and the lack of packing material. During the installation of the shackles, the third shackle nuts/bolts stripped out when tightened by hand. The shackle had to be cut off since the nuts could not be properly tightened. I have emailed etrailer with this issue and hopefully we can resolve the issue quickly.

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I really wanted to give this kit a 5 star review, however it fell short in more than one way. The parts are very nice and heavy duty looking and went together purrty good. However, when I went to grease the shackles none took grease it just came out around the fitting, so I changed the end on my grease gun thinking it was just worn out, still same problem. I had to hold the fitting on the zirk as hard as I could and finally got them to take grease, one still hasn't taken grease and not sure what I'm going to do. I left all hardware loose to this point to make sure there was no un nessesary pressure on anything hoping it would take grease easy. It's like the heads of the zirks are a size to small. After greasing everything the best I could I tightened everything up, during this process I had 2 nuts that the threads pulled out of... Just as they got tight they started to loosen up, I was using a standard length 1\2 drive craftsman ratchet, and I'm not hulk. I ended up having a few nuts and washers that worked but still this shouldn't have happened. Makes me wonder about the rest of the metals strength. Looks heavy duty but I'm starting to wonder about longevity.

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etrailer has become my source for almost everything for repairing or upgrading our trailer, the replacement of broken leaf springs being the most recent project. If you have questions about the correct part for your project, search the customer service frequently asked questions. There is a lot of helpful information in there that you may not find on other websites. You can also contact customer service if you don't find a useful answer.

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Customer [service] was great in helping me identify the correct parts for my car hauler. Ordered on Monday, package arrived Wednesday w free shipping. HUGE difference in ride quality!

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Your shipping time went wrong, but Kelsey’s way of handling My order with problems, made my respect level go up. Also, on your website, you have a picture of equalizers that look American made, with your name on it. What I received was stamped China and looks cheap…..

These are the exact bolts used by the manufacturer of my trailer. I had a spring break after 10yrs use, so am replacing the springs and all the bolts at the same time, thank you to etrailer for the springs (ordered earlier) and now the bolts/nuts, all arrived quickly and accurately, you are my first choice for all trailer parts for my 7 trailers, thank you and keep up the good work!

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I had a hard time finding a u-bolt that would fit my vintage trailer. These were the perfect width but too long. I cut them to size and they fit perfectly. These were the only u-bolts I could find that would fit my leaf springs. They are good quality and have held up nicely. I just wish they made this size shorter.

Loved the updates on my order!

We used the U-Bolts on a device built to allow multiple antennas on a single pole. I attached a couple of images, one after construction and one on a rooftop installation.

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I tell all my friends to order from etrailer.com. great products from the u bolts to rims and tires. I have replaced all the rims and tires on my tandem axle boat trailer, you can not beat the price or the service. Pat C. is always spot on in guiding you to the right parts. shipping fast and on time. Thanks Pat C. and etrailer Barry

Replaced my whole boat trailer axle so I replaced the hardware too. Being galvanized really helped me decide to go with these. No rust and a year later.

These are worth the price. Best quality for saltwater axle. Other brands are packaged as galvanized but actually are zinc ubolts with a galvanized plate. Spend a little more get these.

Got the kit today. Some of the nuts were oval and would not fit on the bolt of course. Now I have to go to box store and find nuts that fit! Not very good quality control!!

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After all of the bad weather I was able to finish installing my new suspension system on my 1992 Lance Fifth Wheel. The task was much easier than I had anticipated. The instructional video you provide access to were a big help. Other than having to grind off a nut or two I had no difficulties (See attached photos). The 'list' that had developed on the fifth wheel is now resolved, and towing has already proven to be better.

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Great fit spring seats worked perfectly

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These brackets used in conjunction with the new u-bolt kit made switching my trailer axle from being above spring to under spring. This has raised the trailer about 3 inches in height from stock. I have a new set of wheel and tires coming and this should take care of the slight slope as seen in the picture. After installing everything, I took the trailer for a test drive and it tracked nicely and behaved very good on the road. No problems.

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I purchased this kit for the standard 5' x 8' 2,000 lb. trailer from Lowes. I did an axle flip and added larger tires. This is the perfect kit for this trailer. It went on easy, and the bolts were slightly longer. Also the bolts in this kit were fine thread instead of course thread. Overall an improvemet over the factory hardware and I had no issues. Shipped in a timely manner and packaged well. I highly recommend this kit if you plan on flipping the axle or need a replacement.

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Moved my axle below the leaf springs, works a lot better for my needs now. Paul helped me put an order together, got it shipped that day and delivered two days later. Quality parts and outstanding customer service.

Seems sturdy, still working nice on my vintage trailer.

Excellant product quality and communicatiion. Fast shipping. I have made several orders from ETrailer and all have been great.

This is exactly what I needed to replace the nylon bushings in my Trailex trailer, which were damaged when removing rusty bolts. As always, etrailer shipping was super-efficient.

I bought these bushings because they are the exact size of the wooden bushings which were used on old Radio Flyer wagons. I had my wagon from when I was a kid in the fifties . I decided to restore it for my grandsons and all went well until I took the wheels of and found that they had used wooden bushings not metal and they had disintegrated . These nylon bushings were the same dimensions as the axle and hub.I did change the color because my grandson like yellow with green. The wagon should last another hundred years now.

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These are working great.

Fit perfectly on trailer and came with bushings installed. Wasn't expecting that

Good quality, arrive in a fair amount of time, good info on site for trailer owners. Bought shackles bushings and bolts for my dual axel bass boat trailer. Never new how bad they get, glad I checked it in the garage, rather than failed on the road.

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Straps seem to be good quality and fit just fine but came unpainted. I wasn't expecting them to be bare steel, but fortunately, I had a can of black Krylon. I'm only disappointed I had to delay the installation by about an hour to, clean, paint, and let dry. lost a star for no paint.

Parts are a 5, delivery options questionable.Can't delivery 10 pounds of metal in a paper mailer. Was tore open on the bottom. I run a mailing business and I can tell you its not that much more expensive to use a box.

New bolts made replacement of springs easy

1 Year in and still working flawlessly. Put around 2500 miles on the boat trailer since they have been installed.

Easy install. Holding up well in salt water.

Perfect for my rebuilt trailer!

The product description made it easy to order the correct one the first time. Product arrived in timely manner and was as described. Competitively priced. Only negative was the center hole had to be reamed out a little to fit over the spring nut.