Leaf spring re-arc?

[Corpolite]

Howdy all!

The OME suspension I have in the old 60 is getting a bit tired. Has anyone gotten their springs re-arced locally? Weighing the cost & downtime against just buying a new set of OME or Dakkar springs. Also thinking of putting on a set of those brackets that flip the u-bolts (not a spring-over-axle) so the plate & threads are above and don't get all banged up.


Any thoughts?

 

[PWCO70crusier]

I bought a set of ubolt skid plates to protect the ubolts...easy to install and I think I paid $150 or so for a set of 4. As far as springs...no help to ya there...

 

[Stokes]

Buds Muffler on N. Circle still does leaf spring re-arcing I think

 

[nensha]

I've had Bud's work on my truck several times. (Tacoma springs are notoriously bad.) This last time I went with new springs. It seems like the new leafs and re-arcing from Bud's would last me about a year before they'd sag again. But, then I'm always carrying 250+ pounds of recovery gear and frequently carrying 225 pounds of water as well. Which might explain why my springs don't last too long. I don't know how much the trash weighs that I take out of the forest all the time. Sometimes A LOT!

 

[black95]

Seems to me I checked into re-arching at Buds and it was pretty expensive. I would just add-a-leaf them. If your rig is heavy enough to sag the Springs, seems like you need a helper spring anyway. That fixed my '88 pickup after repeatedly carrying too much firewood wrecked my rear Springs.
If you look for new Springs, check out Hell Creek Suspension. Had those on my FJ40 and loved them. They make a trapezoid shaped spring that rides soft and keeps its shape. I've seen them out flex OME springs.
For high clearance spring mounts, if you have access to a welder, you can make your own with flat plate and angle iron. Can't seem to find a picture of what I'm talking about, but picture flat plate on the bottom of the spring with a locating hole, then weld the angle iron to it turned up, so that the nuts on the Ubolts are next to the spring, instead of under them. Sort of like this: