leaf spring

Not sure what exactly went wrong. I replaced the U bolts with new ones from Rock Auto. I tightened them evenly. Torqued to 75 foot pounds, and they bent really badly. I’m assuming it’s necessary to buy new bolts and replace them?

Hey there, Need to replace broken leaf spring, It is 2nd leaf spring, (middle of tier of 3) There is a shop going to do replacement and another shop making up the spring. Was asked for length of leg for the u bolts but replacement shop is too busy to get that info to me. Wondering if anyone is...

Hey guys, I have a 94 super cab and I’m in the process of changing out the leaf hanger on the passenger side. The problem I have is there are a few small rust holes, 1/8th diameter in the fram right on the edge of where the hanger mounts on both sides. My question is, if I weld in a patch with...

I bought a 2009 Ranger XLT 4x4 for my daily driver, trips to home depot, and dump runs and..... well.... I wasn't expecting to fall in love. But I did. Now I am on a mission to 1) keep my Ranger for as long as possible. 2) Get it to drive and ride as good as possible. I am not a mechanic but...

mainly looking at the duff tuff 5-6” leaf and the skyjacker 6” leaf. I’m open to better suggestions. Need a smooth ride for my b2. :beer:

So I'm doing a sas on my 2000 Ranger and I'm going to put coil springs up front and I'm stuck on whether or not to put coils in the rear to. How hard would that be? Just taking the leafs off and putting coil buckets on right?

heres hoping the pics work: If so, first pic should be the busted passenger side shackle(?) and the next the drive side, which is what the passenger side should look like. I noticed these are rivited to the frame. Can this be fixed?