Why Do Some Slipper Spring Hangers have a Bar Across the Middle and Others Do Not

Published 09/18/2018

Question:

I have a couple 7k axles as well as 8k axles and was wondering why some slip spring hangers have spacers welded between them and some dont? Any help would be appreciated thanks.

asked by: Melvin P

Expert Reply:

A slipper spring hanger that doesn't have the bar that goes across would generally be for the end of a slipper spring that has the eye. Hangers that do have that bar are generally for the slipper end. And in some cases you would use a bolt through a hanger if that hanger needed to be used on the slipper end. If you look at the suspension kits, such as # AP216-H202 as an example, some of them have a mix and some have all of one type.

expert reply by: Michael H