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Slipper leaf spring acts as part of a trailer's suspension system by providing an attachment point for a 9,000-lb axle. Spring flexes to resist shock and also ensures a smooth ride. Includes rubber bushing with 5/8" inner diameter.
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Note: To ensure proper axle alignment and suspension performance, leaf springs should always be replaced in pairs.
Leaf springs are an integral part of your trailer suspension system. The leaf springs provide the attachment points for your trailer's axle, suspending it from the frame of your trailer. Each spring flexes to absorb road shock as you travel, allowing the axle to move somewhat independently of the rest of your trailer. This helps to reduce wear and tear on the trailer and also ensures a smooth ride.
Slipper leaf springs attach to hangers that are welded onto your trailer. The eye of this spring will attach to the front hanger with a suspension bolt. The slipper end of the spring will slide into the rear hanger. If you have a tandem- or triple-axle trailer, the slipper end will slide into the equalizer that connects multiple springs. The shape of the slipper end of a leaf spring may vary slightly due to differences among trailer manufacturers. Because of this, it's important to check your leaf spring's slipper end before purchasing a replacement spring.
To mount this spring, you will need hangers, a suspension bolt, and possibly a spring keeper bolt, depending on the design of the rear hanger. If you are simply replacing a spring, you may still have hangers welded onto your trailer, but it would be wise to replace the bolts as they can experience wear. It is also recommended that you replace the other leaf spring in your setup at the same time. Because springs can sag and elongate as they wear, this new spring may not exactly match the old one, and the alignment of your trailer could be affected.
If you are fabricating a trailer, you will need to purchase a hanger kit for installation. To determine the type of hanger kit that you need, you must know the specific type of leaf spring that you have, as well as your axle capacity. Depending on the hanger kits used with them, springs can be configured to work for single-, tandem- or triple-axle applications. Hangers and other suspension components can also be purchased separately if there isn't a complete kit that works for your setup.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hello, Steve here with etrailer.com. Today, we're taking a look at the Dexter six leaf spring, a slipper spring rated for 9,000 pound trailer axles. Now, this guy is 30 inches long from end to end. It's two inches wide. The eye diameter in the bushing up here, it's five eighths of an inch, and without the bushing in there, the opening is one and five sixteenths of an inch. Now the leaf thickness, the individual leaves here, there's six of 'em, that thickness individually is seven sixteenths of an inch, and again there are six leaves.
So this basically is gonna act as part of your trailer's suspension, obviously. It's gonna provide an attachment point for your trailer's axle, and the multiple leaves allow the flexibility to absorb the road shock, the bumps, those kind of things, give you a smoother ride. Now, this will ensure that it's a level ride, like I said, on bumpy or uneven surfaces. It's got a nice sturdy steel construction. They did give a finish on this guy, I'll kind of zoom in here.
As you can see, the one that I got today, the finish honestly is not too good looking, but just keep in mind, this is gonna be underneath your trailer at the axle and everything, so over time, it's gonna probably lose a lot of that finish anyways, but it is a nice, very sturdy construction. And lemme kind of show you those eye bushings there better. And that's where your bolt will go through to connect. And then on the slipper end. This side here will go into the other end and hang on there.
Now, this spring by itself is rated at 4,500 pounds capacity. So two of these will give you that 9,000 pound axle rating. Well, that's gonna do it for our look today at this Dexter six leaf slipper spring for 9,000 pound trailer axles. I'm Steven, have a great day.
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