[David_S]

bending springs sucks.
or you can weld a stop behind the shackle on the hanger to stop it pivoting back to far.
this would be the easyest option and works great.

Like this with rubber stops made frrom old rear suspension bushes.

One per side fitted on the inside. This set is for the MQ which has upper and lower steel bushes.

These won't necessarily stop your efs springs bending as Baja describes. If you have a bit of momentum and hit a bump hard the spring flattens and the shock from the wheels is transmitted through the axle to the leaf which buckles. I think the efs springs are a bit weak here. You could strengthen this weak point by fitting a thicker top leaf or a longer second leaf. I don't think that modifying the front spring hangers will make much difference except that a stop as pictured will reduce the force transmitted through the rear part of the spring.

David

 

[David_S]

Well Baja Burley, how did you get on?

Baja. I thought I would resurrect your thread to see how you got on with reversing the front springs. Did you ever do it or was it too much hassle?

I am curious as I fitted new efs front springs a month ago and the first rock I hit when driving up a shallow stream bed bent the top leaf (again) just as you describe. This is at least the third time it has happened to me with efs springs.

It seems as if the top leaf is not thick enough (7.4mm) to withstand such a compression load. I am going to get a thicker leaf made up and will also fit an extra "leaf keeper" as close to the spring eye as possible to keep the three end leaves together. These efs springs are the heavy duty 2" lift as I have a heavy winch and mounting bracket.

They are also MK springs as I took the opportunity to change the front hangers from the steel bushed MQ ones to the rubber bushed MK - made a big difference to the ride.

David