Reply With Quoteoiling them can make them react a bit differently.The leaves act as shockies. so if there oiled they tend to bounce a bit more.so be aware.
just my opinion
i have a bit of surface rust on the leaf springs of my troopy which i use on the beach fairly often.is it worth me spraying them with oil/diesel/innox/wd40/fisholene or will i be creating some future problems.
cheers.
oiling them can make them react a bit differently.The leaves act as shockies. so if there oiled they tend to bounce a bit more.so be aware.
just my opinion
i reckon do em with a less lubricating medium like inox, lanox, fisholene etc
i use lanox on the landy and it doesn't seem to have made its ride worse #
Do you have any idea Chris how tempting that is.Originally Posted by CHRIS aka GWH
i use lanox on the landy and it doesn't seem to have made its ride worse #
Ian
Alcohol doesn't agree with me, but i sure do enjoy the argument!!!
Leaf springs need to be fully maintained on a regular basis when used by running on the beach. Rusting is the worst thing that can happen to them. The leaves MUST SLIDE over each other to work properly. If the leaves become rusted so badly that they cant slide then you can break the leaves very easily. A rusted spring will also produce a VERY rough ride. It is essential to make sure the leaf springs on your boat trailer dont rust up and freeze. I have seen boats crack up and split because the springs didn't move. Rust inbetween the leaves when mixed with oil forms a very efficient lapping compound. Iron oxide (rust) is extremely hard and will cut any steel, hard or soft. Keep the leaves as clean and rust free as possible and keep them lubricated. If the leaves are off a boat trailer and galvanized, the zinc makes the leaves slide less easily. This action helps a bit to slow down the flexing of the leaf. I was given this info by the owner/s of the biggest springworks in Qld. when I worked there as a technician. If you are flexing the leaves to their maximum all the time, then you're probably driving the vehicle too hard and and you may break a leaf or two from overstressing them. If the leaves dont flex at all, they will snap. Keep the leaves lubricated and if they bottom out all the time then slow down.
Eagle
I agree with wat u are saying.BUT!!!!!!!!!!! attached pics of are a suzie whose owner oiled the springs and ended up #down a 100m hill. the bottom pic shows the results.the top shows it down the bottom.. its the yellow spec around the middle left of the photo
i hope my cruiser does'nt end up looking like that if i oil the springs.
HOWZAAAAT !!!
Ya good Chris!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Down And OUT..
Actually the bloke drove it home from Macksville to Tamworth...
Do we know for sure that it was oil on the springs that caused the vehicle to loose control or was it some other reason, like going too fast down a steep hill.
Not stating it was the oliy springs.shocks could have been shot.
was definately speeding around a hilly corner,(was in a rally)Only goin on what he said..something like "she started bouncing and was totally out of controll"
Who Knows??????
JIM, "In a rally, definitely speeding round a hilly corner", not much to do with oil on the springs.
OK as i said only my opinion.
I feel it could have been a contributing factor.
Who knows??
I', not goin to risk it on my vehicle..
I had the springs retensioned on an old landy I had once. the fellow told me not to oil them as it would take the tension out of them because they used hot oil to heat them up for the tensioning process. Or something along those lines
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