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Slipper leaf spring acts as part of a trailer's suspension system by providing an attachment point for an 8,000-lb axle. Spring flexes to resist shock and also ensures a smooth ride.
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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 everybody. This is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're going to take a look at this Dexter 26 and five eighths inch long Seven Leaf Slipper Spring with the Hook End for an 8,000 pound trailer axle. Now this slipper leaf spring will act as part of your trailer suspension system, provides an attachment point for your trailer's axle, uses multiple leaves, which allow flexibility to absorb road shock, allows for a nice smooth ride, reduces wear and tear on your trailer, and it'll ensure level ride on bumpy and uneven surfaces. Now it does require pre-mounted hangers or aftermarket hanger kit for installation. Those items we do sell separately on our website.
The eye of the spring right here, is what will attach to the hanger that's mounted on your trailer frame, and the slipper end right here on this end slides into your hanger or your equalizer. This is a nice sturdy steel construction. Now on this one, the bushing that goes in the spring out here is not included. We do sell those separately on our website. The eye diameter without the bushing is one and five sixteenths of an inch.
A few specs on this, the quantity is for one leaf spring. Spring capacity is 4,000 pounds. So it fits on the axles of 8,000 pound size axles. Number of leaves against seven leaves. We want to give you a few measurements on this.
The length of the springs, a slipper spring is always going to be measured from the center of the spring eye to the end of the spring. So on this one, if we measure the center to the very end, it's going to be right at 26 and five eighths inches, total length. The axle location, in other words, your axle is going to fit here right in the middle of the spring. So the measurement from the center of the spring eye to the middle of the spring, where the axle will be located, is going to be right at 11 and a half inches. And the spring width is right at two inches.
But that should do it for the review on this Dexter 26 and five eighths inch long, Seven Leaf Slipper Spring with the Hook End for 8,000 pound trailer axles..
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (6 Customer Reviews)
Slipper leaf spring acts as part of a trailer's suspension system by providing an attachment point for an 8,000-lb axle. Spring flexes to resist shock and also ensures a smooth ride.Super fast shipping. Received ahead of time! Packaging of the item was my only deficiency. Will purchase again!
I wish I had realized the bushing were not in there I had to reorder the bushings as well as figure out which ones fit . a link would be helpful . This is all my doing as I didn't pay attention to the details The pic shows no bushing . The part arrive early and was correct.
Good efficient job
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I reached out to the manufacturer and I had the bushing added to the site. It is part # DX77XR and can also be found in related parts.