> > Something that should *never* happen, happened. The right rear
> spring on
> my
> > Y2k Dakota QC 4x4 snapped at the rear mount. The truck has 24k highway
> > miles, light towing, and hasn't been offroad yet. I was
> pulling out of a
> > car wash and went over the small bump that tells you where to
> stop, and it
> > let loose. Dented the living crap out of the bed.
> >
> > Just an FYI that there are some springs out there that
> obviously were not
> > QA'ed very well.
>
> Was it the spring itself or the bolt that snapped? I know Tom Buban had a
> spring bust on his GenIII Dak, but this is on a 5.5" lifted 33" tire Dak
> after running Moab. I did manage to snap a bolt on the rear leaf spring
> hanger/shackle about 6 months ago.......once again, after a hard day of
> wheeling. If you were just driving and it snapped, then it must have been
> defective from the start. Good thing you were going slow(er) than
> having it
> let loose at highway speeds.
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
It was the spring, the bolt and mount is still solid. I've been wheeling my
jeep wrangler for 150k hard miles and the stock springs are still solid. It
was definitely a defective spring that was caught. Yeah, no sh*t, if it had
let loose at speed it could've really been fun, if the other mount had not
taken up the slack, the rear end would have spit out the back. NICE.
/Curt
>
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