Those leafs are not broken. They taper down at the ends so they can fit inside the military wrap. What you’re seeing is a rounded “cove” to prevent the springs from splitting under force/pressure at the point where they taper.
rear leaf spring hangers
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Thank you for the summary and thank you for everyone else’s input. Here a few more pictures of the rear suspension. This is a 1983. At this point as far as I understand, I need to obtain two rear hangers that weld on to the frame and attach the shackles. But my rear mounts are ok?
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Ah man that would’ve been great, I’ll have to hunt them down
Edit: I messed up the original post. Fixed it and made it more simple.
The very rear mounts are fine. That’s where the shackles attach. What you need are the pin hangers and the pins themselves and bushings of course. For what it’s worth, SOR calls it a “perch”.
SOR.com
www.sor.com
Go to this site.
Click on the 60-62 series tab at the top. Select the rear suspension tab as well. Click on the blue squares labeled 15R and 16L
Find the parts I have pictured in the shopping cart below and add them to yours. You need a left and right perch and two greasable pins along with new bushings.
The very rear mounts are fine. That’s where the shackles attach. What you need are the pin hangers and the pins themselves and bushings of course. For what it’s worth, SOR calls it a “perch”.
SOR.com
FJ60, 62, 70 & 75 Series Stock Suspension, Greasable Shackles, Shackle Pins and U-Bolts - Specter Off-Road
Toyota Land Cruiser parts since 1983. From the oldest FJ25 and to the newest Land Cruiser, Non USA or domestic 40 Series, 60 Series 80 Series or 100 Series, SOR has the largest selection of top quality new and used OEM and aftermarket Land Cruiser parts in stock in the world. Specializing in...
Click on the 60-62 series tab at the top. Select the rear suspension tab as well. Click on the blue squares labeled 15R and 16L
Find the parts I have pictured in the shopping cart below and add them to yours. You need a left and right perch and two greasable pins along with new bushings.
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It took me a long time to figure out how to navigate that website and even longer to figure out that I could in fact order used parts from SOR.
Before you place an order make sure the front suspension doesn’t have the same issues going on. If the fronts need to be changed too, click on the front suspension tab at the top of the page and you’ll find “perches” for the fronts. I believe the hangers you have welded on currently came from an FJ40 or FJ55… they are not suppose to go on a 60. That’s why they’re failing.
Before you place an order make sure the front suspension doesn’t have the same issues going on. If the fronts need to be changed too, click on the front suspension tab at the top of the page and you’ll find “perches” for the fronts. I believe the hangers you have welded on currently came from an FJ40 or FJ55… they are not suppose to go on a 60. That’s why they’re failing.
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Awesome this is very helpfulEdit: I messed up the original post. Fixed it and made it more simple.
The very rear mounts are fine. That’s where the shackles attach. What you need are the pin hangers and the pins themselves and bushings of course. For what it’s worth, SOR calls it a “perch”.
SOR.com
Go to this site.FJ60, 62, 70 & 75 Series Stock Suspension, Greasable Shackles, Shackle Pins and U-Bolts - Specter Off-Road
Toyota Land Cruiser parts since 1983. From the oldest FJ25 and to the newest Land Cruiser, Non USA or domestic 40 Series, 60 Series 80 Series or 100 Series, SOR has the largest selection of top quality new and used OEM and aftermarket Land Cruiser parts in stock in the world. Specializing in...
Click on the 60-62 series tab at the top. Select the rear suspension tab as well. Click on the blue squares labeled 15R and 16LView attachment 2863274
Find the parts I have pictured in the shopping cart below and add them to yours. You need a left and right perch and two greasable pins along with new bushings. View attachment 2863272
Here are some pics of my job. You can see in the first picture how badly bent the sucker was. Terrifying. It had worn so thin I was genuinely scared when I realized how close to catastrophe I was. My friend used her plasma cutter to remove the old one. Then we used wooden dowels to align the rivet holes in the new part and the frame. She zipped a few beads along the edges. I slapped some paint on it and bolted it up and it’s been merry ever since.
Keep us posted on your progress! Love to help avoid headaches and mistakes!
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will do. will stock bushings fit with these old man emu shackles? I see that SOR has polyurethane bushings they make for different shackles
No they will not. You’ll need Old Man Emu bushings. At least I don’t think so. I’m 90% sure.
For OME parts I would get in contact with cruiseroutfitters.com They’re the best OME supplier in the states as far as I’m concerned. Full of knowledge and expertise and just great people all around.
Dang! thats a nice clean hot rivet hole! well done!
I scrap Nothing! one man's trash is another's treasure
Old Thread revival. Since it was dug up. @UZJ100LC How about some final pics of solution? I never did see this.
Sad that you would unknowingly buy into someone else's stupid. @cps432 good pics. HITH did that hangar get bent??
I was criticized for spending the time to grind all the hangars
off an old 60 someone had already butchered. I have a steel tub with 2 full sets now.
Older 40's had small eye hangars and I will upgrade mine to large eye 60 series and 60 series springs.
I am curious cause no one mentioned it, but did you get greasable shackles? The polyurethane bushings don't last
forever and the grease extends them somewhat. Did you go full-on OME shocks springs shackles?
some one replaced the hanger with an aftermarket. Probably a Crown unit. Crown builds a lot of aftermarket Jeep stuff , overseas.
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hey sorry about that. yes i had shop put the hangars on with i think polyurethane bushings. sadly i sold it soon after so dont have any pics. that was just the beginning of the issues i was having and i needed to just cut my losses and take a step back.
Sometimes that's a good move, nothing worse than good money on top of bad.
These worked for my TRE’s.