I was up in Colorado this weekend going over a couple passes I'd never been over, Black Bear and Imogene, and I ran into a small problem.
The spring pearch for my right rear leaf spring came off the frame, along with the piece of the frame it was rivited to. This happened a little more than half way up Imogene. It had probably been broken for a while and I think I unloaded that side of the axle anough to allow the axle to move back and rub the back of the wheel well/fender flare.
We managed to get the 40 to a somewhat flt spot and jack it up to fit the piece of frame where it had come from. When we let it down the weight of the vehicle seemed to be keeping it in place. We figured it would last for while but probably not the rest of the trip. We tried a few different things to keep the pearch from moving front to back but none seemed strong enough. Someone had the bright idea to use the winch to hold the pearch. The hook wouldn't fit between the spring eye and the pearch itself so we took the hook off and slipped the cable through and reattached the hook. A little tension on the cable and it wasn't going to move at all. We also wrapped a strap around the frame and pearch to help prevent any side to side movement. The whole thing worked really well.
I found a fix for this problem after searching for a while after I got back. I'll be modifying both sides with a large gussets very soon.
The spring pearch for my right rear leaf spring came off the frame, along with the piece of the frame it was rivited to. This happened a little more than half way up Imogene. It had probably been broken for a while and I think I unloaded that side of the axle anough to allow the axle to move back and rub the back of the wheel well/fender flare.
We managed to get the 40 to a somewhat flt spot and jack it up to fit the piece of frame where it had come from. When we let it down the weight of the vehicle seemed to be keeping it in place. We figured it would last for while but probably not the rest of the trip. We tried a few different things to keep the pearch from moving front to back but none seemed strong enough. Someone had the bright idea to use the winch to hold the pearch. The hook wouldn't fit between the spring eye and the pearch itself so we took the hook off and slipped the cable through and reattached the hook. A little tension on the cable and it wasn't going to move at all. We also wrapped a strap around the frame and pearch to help prevent any side to side movement. The whole thing worked really well.
I found a fix for this problem after searching for a while after I got back. I'll be modifying both sides with a large gussets very soon.
Working on it, though
