Help - trailer spring replacement
Submitted by in 2 deep on Tue, 2015-01-13 18:22
So I buy a boat off a private seller on the weekend, then drive it home and one of the springs break. Today I get told the trailer was originally from America and that it is near impossible to find a replacement spring !! Can anyone else who has been in the same position please let me know where I can source American springs for my trailer - I can probably import them in but I have a planned camping/boating trip planned for next week and need to replace it this weekend.
Any help appreciated - I live in the southwest but will travel to Perth...
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t bone
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Date Joined: 20/04/14
long shot
What are you options about taking the buggered spring pack off and taking it into a suspension shop to see if we have one like it? Worst comes to worst, i imagine if the hangers are corect, you might be able to change them all over to aussie ones??
scano
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A few options
either martins trailer parts
jenkins springs in bassendean have always been good to deal with
those are the few that spring to mind anyway "pardon the pun"
scano
dodgy
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Martins will sort you out.
Martins will sort you out. If they don't have them they will point you in the right direction.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
scotto
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drive it to martins if you can,
They should have your spring.
If they dont, buy 4 new ones, and new hangers, weld them on and hang the springs. Should take half a day to do all 4 springs if you got the right tools and a bit of elbow grease.
grantarctic1
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+1
As scotto said, new springs and replace the hangers.
in 2 deep
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thanks guys, I tried Martins
thanks guys, I tried Martins and they dont stock the american springs. As for replacing them with Aussie ones the problem is I would then have to rework all the checkerplate wheel guards as well because the axles would need to be spaced further apart. I would have thought with all the american imports over the years someone would carry some but its proving difficult to find..may have to express import....buggar
nate80
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Try Bozbuilt in Australind
Try Bozbuilt in Australind and Maddington. Old mate in Maddington has heaps of parts so ya might get lucky
carnarvonite
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Google spring makers
There are plenty of spring makers around, just google them and take your broken spring in and they can forge a new one exactly the same as the original
roddo
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Date Joined: 16/10/09
Give steve a ring at south
Give steve a ring at south west trailers in mandurah he is a top bloke im sure he could sort it for you he has done some work on my yanky trailer.
SpotHound
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Date Joined: 06/02/14
They are in Perth
http://www.acetrailers.com.au/
SpotHound
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Date Joined: 06/02/14
Better link
http://www.acetrailers.com.au/US_Trailers.html
Cruise Control
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++2 for Ace - he does a lot
++2 for Ace - he does a lot of work on US import trailers
shonky
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springworks
look up "rockingham springworks", should be able to sort you out with a custom made spring.
This habit is getting expensive!