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06-15-2019, 01:27 PM
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You have a broken spring from what I can see in your pictures. Which is causing both your tires on that side to ride closer to the bottom of the camper. is the other side rubbing?
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06-15-2019, 01:28 PM
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Tires hitting floor
No that is not a picture of mine. That is a picture of a broken spring though.
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06-15-2019, 01:30 PM
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No that is not a picture of mine. That is a picture of a broken spring though.
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Sorry I nust have missed that in the post.
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06-15-2019, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by kujosp
Do you know what size leaf spring was installed on yours? Would rather order it and replace.
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They were the 3500 pound axel leafs.
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06-15-2019, 06:12 PM
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Not trying to steal this post or anything. But I do have a question on the leaf spring shackles. From my experience working on trucks, shackles normally hang down and the spring attaches on the under side. Are trailer leaf spring shackles opposite? Iv honestly never paid attention to the shackles on my dads boat trailer iv towed the last 15 yrs. But I will start paying attention to trailer leaf springs from now lol
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06-15-2019, 06:47 PM
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Not trying to steal this post or anything. But I do have a question on the leaf spring shackles. From my experience working on trucks, shackles normally hang down and the spring attaches on the under side. Are trailer leaf spring shackles opposite? Iv honestly never paid attention to the shackles on my dads boat trailer iv towed the last 15 yrs. But I will start paying attention to trailer leaf springs from now lol
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS, when you jacked it up to change tires, the equalizer link flipped and allowed the shackles to turn up instead of down
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06-15-2019, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by dannyabear
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS, when you jacked it up to change tires, the equalizer link flipped and allowed the shackles to turn up instead of down
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So you agree these look wrong? Everyone else seems to agree that his shackles look correct. Which is why I'm asking my question as its backwards to what I have always known. Like dont want someone to replace leads when that's not the issue lol
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06-15-2019, 07:02 PM
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Jack up camper on the frame, remove the tires on that side, for working room, insert a long bar into the shackles and flip them over; if not enough room, you can remove the bolt from one spring to make it easier to do.
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06-15-2019, 07:10 PM
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Okay, hesitantly interested.
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06-15-2019, 07:14 PM
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I'm wondering if people "think" they need to replace the springs. They bring the camper in and tell the shop to replace the springs, and the shop just flips the shackles and tells the customer the springs are replaced lol terrible, but I could see shops doing this :-/
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06-15-2019, 07:18 PM
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I searched around google and cannot find them in any other configuration than what I have pictured.
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06-15-2019, 07:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J8manski
I'm wondering if people "think" they need to replace the springs. They bring the camper in and tell the shop to replace the springs, and the shop just flips the shackles and tells the customer the springs are replaced lol terrible, but I could see shops doing this :-/
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I'm sure this happens. In my case my leaf spring was broken and it was the second one that had broken, so I replaced them all. I don't have the camper at the house or I go at a look at the hangers position. Those still look correct to me.
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06-18-2019, 08:56 AM
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LCI is sending me a brand new set for free.
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06-18-2019, 08:59 AM
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Also, LCI said everything is correct as pictured but that the springs are in need of replacement, of course.
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06-18-2019, 09:01 AM
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LCI is sending me a brand new set for free.
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Good to hear that. 
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06-20-2019, 07:31 PM
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Tires hitting floor
I just did bearings and seals on my Puma, and found a broken leaf. Replaced all 4 from local trailer supplier @ 45 apiece. You have the all metal link between the springs, you might talk to LCI about a rubberized link between. I have used them on two rigs now, and they really help the ride. Are you getting the impregnated sleeves also with new springs, as the old ones could be plastic, and they don't last long. That means you should have new bolts also. 
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06-20-2019, 07:45 PM
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Kujsop, I had the same problem with a different type of a axle. Mine didn't have enough travel distance between the tires and floor. Forest River didn't agree and didn't want to help. I put a lift kit on mine because of the style of axle. My problem showed up after I changed the tires to the new Carlise HD and upgraded the load range to class d from c. The tire is slightly taller than the original Westlakes even though they are the same size. Good chance that your new tires are slightly taller too.
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06-20-2019, 08:45 PM
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So put the new springs on, wasn’t a picnic either and exactly the same. These were 1350 lb springs and they look exactly the same with the same distance so my guess is this is how it rides? Was hoping they were upgrading my springs when they sent them.
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06-20-2019, 08:48 PM
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Nothing was sent except for the exact same springs that I removed. Had to use all the same bolts, besides the ones I broke.
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06-20-2019, 09:48 PM
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So put the new springs on, wasn’t a picnic either and exactly the same. These were 1350 lb springs and they look exactly the same with the same distance so my guess is this is how it rides? Was hoping they were upgrading my springs when they sent them.
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What size axles do you have? They should have sent based on the weight of the trailer.
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