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Brad.S.19 · Mar 17, 2015

Okay so I needed new springs for the rear of my truck for inspection in July, I received them on the 18th in stalled them a couple weeks later got my sticker on the 3rd of August. I ordered the springs from sdtruckspring.com I purchased the 43-1263 HD packs overall around 500 with shipping. Great customer service kept me updated on the order and time of delivery. Fast forward to 6 months down the road 9,000 miles later I have a issue my center pin breaks and going down a fairly bad road at 55 mph my bottom overload falls out causing it to severely dog track.

Cannot find it after looking for a hour or so limp it home doing 25 call them up asking for a warranty claim all i wanted was a new overload center pin and set of u bolts after three days of talking with them no phone tag or bad blood or blame games the manufacture of the spring says nah not our problem the best we can do is sell you a new spring pack at our cost plus shipping which was 130 and whatever it would cost to ship.

I ended up buying new pins and puling the other overload out upon inspecting the pin that broke it was hour glassed badly and sheared where it failed basically they do not know what quality hardware is or a torque wrench is. but having to spend 130 bucks in hardware to fix a defect should be on them not me so i really do not recommend them because who they buy there product from is either incompetent or do not stand behind there product.

UNBROKEN · Mar 17, 2015

My money says your u bolts came loose and caused the issue. The center pin bolt isn't really that tight, it's just to locate the spring pack for install. The u bolts do the work. Sounds like yours came loose and you never double checked them after install to catch it.
The supplier was right...

sootie · Mar 17, 2015

what she said ^^^

Brad.S.19 · Mar 17, 2015

UNBROKEN said:
My money says your u bolts came loose and caused the issue. The center pin bolt isn't really that tight, it's just to locate the spring pack for install. The u bolts do the work. Sounds like yours came loose and you never double checked them after install to catch it.
The supplier was right...

Actually I did three times because they kept loosening up (install,500 and 2000 miles, I do understand they are for centering purposes. There is not a reason that I can think of that they would loosen again after three rounds of torquing they are the u bolts they supplied for install. I check my suspension once a week or every other week because where i bought my truck and what happened to someone I know that bought a truck from that very dealer.

Strokersace · Mar 17, 2015

Haha, I'm with the other guys. After reading your craftsman and toyo threads among others, I have no doubt it was installation/operator error.

ithumpwheniwalk · Mar 17, 2015

Brad.S.19 said:
Fast forward to 6 months down the road 9,000 miles later I have a issue my center pin breaks and going down a fairly bad road at 55 mph my bottom overload falls out causing it to severely dog track.

hmm... and you weren't expecting an 8000lb truck doing 55mph down a fairly bad road to break. makes sense to me. you sir, need to buy a honda civic. i hear those things float over bumps at that speed.

ToMang07 · Mar 17, 2015

ithumpwheniwalk said:
hmm... and you weren't expecting an 8000lb truck doing 55mph down a fairly bad road to break. makes sense to me. you sir, need to buy a honda civic. i hear those things float over bumps at that speed.

Not all of us drive like grannies, eh?

Jomax · Mar 17, 2015

If the u bolts kept getting loose crank them tighter!

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UNBROKEN · Mar 17, 2015

Jomax said:
If the u bolts kept getting loose crank them tighter!

Or put a jam nut on them.

dsberman94 · Mar 17, 2015

Never heard of threadlocker? For the record. I replace both my rear spring packs end of last summer because I had a broken leaf in them. Replaced both of them with a pair from a 2000 superduty with the same spring code. Cranked on the U bolt nuts with an impact socket and a 1/2" breaker bar with a pipe on the end. Checked them last weekend at home with a regular 1/2" socket wrench and couldn't even budge them. No thread locker at all on them. They're probably damn close to snapping from how much pressure is on them. But you've got some serious wrench turning ability issues.

sootie · Mar 17, 2015

i just read this guys threads for entertainment value. sometime i wonder if he is trolling it is so stupid smh

swinky · Mar 17, 2015

sootie said:
i just read this guys threads for entertainment value. sometime i wonder if he is trolling it is so stupid smh

x2 great entertainment for a slow work day.

swinky · Mar 17, 2015

dsberman94 said:
Never heard of threadlocker? For the record. I replace both my rear spring packs end of last summer because I had a broken leaf in them. Replaced both of them with a pair from a 2000 superduty with the same spring code. Cranked on the U bolt nuts with an impact socket and a 1/2" breaker bar with a pipe on the end. Checked them last weekend at home with a regular 1/2" socket wrench and couldn't even budge them. No thread locker at all on them. They're probably damn close to snapping from how much pressure is on them. But you've got some serious wrench turning ability issues.

ever heard of yielding a bolt/stud. You probably over tightened the **** out of those and made them weaker. You're pretty damn scrawny so maybe not.

ithumpwheniwalk · Mar 17, 2015

ToMang07 said:
Not all of us drive like grannies, eh?

rofl... unfortunately i use the truck for work and can't afford to take it gumbootin down a ****ty road and break stuff. i own quads and dirtbikes for that.. definitely cheaper to fix then out ratbaggin on the truck.

dsberman94 · Mar 17, 2015

swinky said:
ever heard of yielding a bolt/stud. You probably over tightened the **** out of those and made them weaker. You're pretty damn scrawny so maybe not.

Yep. Probably did. Getting replaced sooner than later anyway.

89 Stroker · Mar 17, 2015

or u can just double nut them

Hotrodtractor · Mar 17, 2015

Brad.S.19 said:
Actually I did three times because they kept loosening up (install,500 and 2000 miles, I do understand they are for centering purposes. There is not a reason that I can think of that they would loosen again after three rounds of torquing they are the u bolts they supplied for install. I check my suspension once a week or every other week because where i bought my truck and what happened to someone I know that bought a truck from that very dealer.

If they kept loosening up you have installation issues. You just proved the manufacturer's case.

How did you torque them and to what torque did you take them to?

Strokersace · Mar 17, 2015

Hotrodtractor said:
If they kept loosening up you have installation issues. You just proved the manufacturer's case.

How did you torque them and to what torque did you take them to?

With a 3/8" Craftsman short handled ratchet. But used a cheater bar of course!

dsberman94 · Mar 17, 2015

Naa. 1/4" with 3 adapters up to 1" drive socket and a cheater bar.

Brad.S.19 · Mar 17, 2015

Just to appease some of you mother ***kers it was 185 ft-lb/tq u-bolts, hanger to shackle, shackle to hanger and front hanger bolt is what I was given for specs from FORD directly. Oh just in case it was not a back woods guess on the tq spec either I guess this is a waste of money then snap on TQFR250E. Besides the u bolts are 3/8(.375) 14" normal stretch should be negligible not 1.7-2.1 inches and over the whole length of the two non threaded straight portions of the u bolt lost between .0075-.0035 of thickness accounting for the variable of the region contacting the axle tube and or spring pack.