Re: ruff ride

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2008/10/2 10:24:28

There should be a rubber rebound bumper mounted probably to the frame above the axle and that might make things quieter when it bottoms out, but it still shouldn't bottom out with 4 passengers. My old 48 Custom 8 sat a bit low at the rear even with no passengers, but it didn't bottom out out with 4 passengers except on the most outrageous bumps.

Sounds like your springs were weak to start with and your guy just replaced a broken leaf but didn't restore the arc to the springs. Can I assume the springs that were in there had the antimony/lead buttons on the end end of each leaf? What did he do with the new leaf (add a plastic interleaf)?