From: myrddin7@juno.com
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 18:17:35 PST
to adress the question;can you weld leaf springs and will they hold up?if
you are a master welder,and have the spring re heat treated you may have
it hold up.in the world of large trucks where i work they go to a
specialist and replace all of the leaves .as i have used leaf spring
steel for tools and knife blades,one of the things you must look out for
is cracks and stress fractures in the leaves.i have made some nice tools
and cutting itens but you loose about 50 percent of the raw steel you
pick through.this stuff just wears out.if you have a truck spring repair
shop near you take an example of the spring bundle to then and get a
price on ordering new leaves.as an example i have to replace the rear
springs in my wifes f 150.it will cost about 180 us to get two new sets
of springs with an adittional leaf for more load carying.this is from
peters springs in baltimore city,md.they do all of the dump trucks and a
large number of tractor trailers.i would say that weldin is questionable
at bes,and if it fails while driving it would be bad.mike power.
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