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Broke RE leaf

Slonopotam

Slonopotam

NAXJA Member #1358
Location
San Jose
Hi,

This weekend on a trail the main leaf on my RE 3.5" spring broke. The spring came with an RE lift kit, which was installed 6 years ago.

Is it to be expected ?

It feels like the jeep sits lower than it was 6 years ago, which is understandable. Do I replace just one leaf spring, or do I have to replace both left and right, to avoid left-right banking ?

Any word on RE warranty, should I even try it?

I believe they used to produce several kinds of springs, now they have only one. Not sure whether it is the same as I have bought.

Thank you,
Andrey
 
VAhasnoWAVES said:
have you talked to RE? my first thought would be to see if they will replace them. you might have to send yours back, but itll be a hell of a lot cheaper than buying new ones.
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chances are after 6 years of use they wont just give you a new leaf and for that matter their new leafs or made in jap/china/indo so not as good as they were.
 
a lot of companies will replace them for the sole purpose of product feedback. they will want to know why it broke. and it doesnt hurt to try.

a spring shop should be able to rebuild both and have you happy and out the door if RE cant/wont do anything for you.
 
i broke the same thing last march and replaced them with bds springs. i love my bds springs now and with a lifetime warranty you cant complain. I also would look into clayton offroad.
 
clean4drxj said:
their new leafs or made in jap/china/indo so not as good as they were.
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The last set I purchased approximately a year ago... were built in India.... ; not terribly pleased with the quality of the new leaf packs....
Recently purchased a custom set of Deavers with the 10 leafs....; cost more money, but made in America. :patriot:
 
clean4drxj said:
I would replace both but dont go with RE go with BDS
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I do not see BDS making 3.5" leaf springs. In fact, I do not see them selling their leaf springs separately from their lift kits.
 
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VAhasnoWAVES said:
have you talked to RE? my first thought would be to see if they will replace them. you might have to send yours back, but itll be a hell of a lot cheaper than buying new ones.
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I talked to the distributor that I bought them from - 4 wheel parts.

They said that RE bankrupted some time ago AND 4WP bought them, so now RE is a part of 4WP. They also said that if I bring the broken leaf spring back, they will give a discount on a new one. I will have to pay for the difference in materials/labor between 6 years ago and now, something like this.
 
Slonopotam said:
I talked to the distributor that I bought them from - 4 wheel parts.

They said that RE bankrupted some time ago AND 4WP bought them, so now RE is a part of 4WP. They also said that if I bring the broken leaf spring back, they will give a discount on a new one. I will have to pay for the difference in materials/labor between 6 years ago and now, something like this.
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I would call RE directly to see if they would help you out. May even be worth a drive over to Sac.

But as everyone has said there are other options for higher quality springs out there if you need to buy a new one.

If one of a pair brakes I always replace both, you never know when the other one will go.
 
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