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Originally Posted by Oldbluoval
Didn’t ask me but ..Eaton spring Michigan
Follow up….anybody know how close to original are their springs??
The only ones I ever used were Travis Cook’s….gone
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A few years ago I inquired to Eaton about a front spring. They had a print of the spring. But they used one thickness for all leaves whereas the print showed three different thicknesses. They said it was too costly to stock every thickness for the volume of sales. The rears would be the same situation. So, spring load and rate are not to spec. Most likely don't care as their fatigued and worn-out springs were worse.
FWIW, they special-made to print two fronts for a friend and myself. Probably because he was a truck suspension engineering supervisor for Ford and Eaton made prototypes for Ford. They milled two thicknesses to get the second and third dimensions and the first was their normal all-leaf dimension. It cost us quadruple their normal front spring charge.