Yeah the only way that could happen is if you were prying on it directly, trying to flatten spring.
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ORD custom leaf spring issue
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its a cold steel rivet . it was not the correct length or hammered over correctly .
fairly easy fit if you know what your doing and have a way to compress and take apart the spring pack . if not a local shop can fix it for you . nothing special .
i use to do these years ago when i did a small stint at a spring shop .
fairly easy fit if you know what your doing and have a way to compress and take apart the spring pack . if not a local shop can fix it for you . nothing special .
i use to do these years ago when i did a small stint at a spring shop .
So tapping it back it the hole and tac welding it is not an option ? Lol
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Are the springs bolted to the axle yet? When you crank down on the u-bolts that will flatten the springs quite a bit.
the leafs are spring steel . the clamp and rivet are soft steel . 2 types of metal . and even that it takes lots of skill and special rod to weld spring steel .
its easy if the leaf is out of the pack and the new rivet is ready to install. its a sandwich and then hammer the end over flat no high spots to run the bottom of the leaf above it .
but this like i said is not a job for a total spring newby . . the leafs clamped together with the center pin are a loaded gun just like a coil/strut unit .
call ord or alcan and ask how they wish to handle this problem . if it was installed correctly it should have not come out .
That is what I said
H20 Toie
1/2 ton status
so what happened?
So I called ord today and Steven wasn’t in . I called Alcan since he wasn’t there and talked to the owner bill I told him what happened he said it’s no big deal we will send you another rivet and you can replace it . I asked if it affected performance he said no all they do is keep the springs square .
Bill is a good guy to work with as well.
Most everything was covered but:
Clamp the axle to it, that does go the correct direction and may be enough.
Sometimes you can do some clearance grinding on the shackle to get it to fall a little farther and that helps, not a lot but it's the correct direction. Usually the shackle will swing all the way down anyway.
A ratchet strap around the eye to pull it back works sometimes.
We have some screw jacks that we use to push the eyes apart on some of ours. They're basically a bolt and nut welded into a piece of tube to spread the eyes a little.
This is why we don't build a 6" rear lift spring. They just get too hard to install so we integrate the shackle flip.
Clamp the axle to it, that does go the correct direction and may be enough.
Sometimes you can do some clearance grinding on the shackle to get it to fall a little farther and that helps, not a lot but it's the correct direction. Usually the shackle will swing all the way down anyway.
A ratchet strap around the eye to pull it back works sometimes.
We have some screw jacks that we use to push the eyes apart on some of ours. They're basically a bolt and nut welded into a piece of tube to spread the eyes a little.
This is why we don't build a 6" rear lift spring. They just get too hard to install so we integrate the shackle flip.
Thanks a lot for all your help really appreciated ORD is a great company and wants to help their customers!
And one more thing - if you have to remove the springs for any reason, make a spreader and put it between the eyes as you droop the suspension. Then when you put it back together they're already spread out. We use a piece of tube with the ends cut with a little angle to help hold them in place between the eyes. something like this /--------------\. A piece of 2x4 would do the trick, it doesn't have to be fancy.
