Has anyone ever had this happen?

[fulltopblazer]

I was at the Canadian River just outside Amarillo,TX this weekend and was running down a trail that was a little to narrow for my blazer ( I was also runnind a little to fast ) and my left front tire hooked the side of the trail and jerked me around sideways. I tried backing up and straiting my tire and I couldn't, so I got out and my left front tire was turned all the way to the left and pushed up under the rocker. Anyway after taking some time to figure out what was wrong with it the bolt thet goes through the leaf springs had sheared off and let the axle slide back all the way to the first clamp on the sping pack. I still can't believe this happened the springs are less than 2 years old. I figure it would have broke a u-joint or axle stub before this happened. I wrapped a chain around the axle and hooked a come-along to the front bumper and pulled it back in to place and took it very easy back to camp and loaded it on the trailer and came home. I know this is long I was just wandering if anyone has ever had this happen?

 

[MudFrog]

I know this happened to Boss at Tellico a while back... I don't think his springs were even a year old.

 

[chevyfumes]

Did you put the springs on yourself and if so did you re-torque them at 100 and 500 miles, might be a dumb ? but it's a place to start...

 

[BurbinOR]

reedmit (Mitch) had that happen on our run to TSF back in March.........

 

[1979Jimmy]

does anyone know if you can buy new wraps that go around the leaf packs about 3/4 of the way up?

 

[Blazinaire]

I have had that happen twice already in the 7 months (?) I've had my front springs on. Now every time that something feels funny, that is one of the first that I check. No biggy, easy fix.