Deaver +3 review

[Madcowranch]

Bringing this bitch back around to the topic at hand....

I'm wondering how the deavers can be softer but not suffer from sagging issues after a year or so of use.

Different material?
Spring pack design?

Yukon Joe
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That's what I keep wondering Joe. Either you have a softer spring that tends to sag over time (Nationals) or you have a stiffer spring that resists sagging. Seems common sense.

 

[Huck]

Not necessarily. You can have a softer spring arched correctly with reinforcing leafs and not sag. Geometry plays into it.

Or you can use different grades of steel. What really matters is the heat treat and steel types. It all comes down to the modulus of elasticity of each type of steel. Some can have a high modulus and bend and move a lot and return to its original shape while others could be stiff to start but have a very low modulus and won't spring back to its shape.

The heat treat comes into effect the modulus of elasticity a lot.

It's not a 1-1 comparison that stiffer lasts longer.

Look at the front coils for example. The 3.0 use a softer spring than stock, no sagging there. Icon uses stiffer.

When I took my hds off after 8k miles the leafs were flat. To the point when I carried them to the curb the weight or the leafs alone dropped the lower leafs so here was a gap at the top. They we're loose in the pack. The arch didn't hold at all


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[vanilla_gorilla]

Any update or thoughts on the Deavers, @Huck?

 

[Huck]

Any update or thoughts on the Deavers, @Huck?

Have about 6k miles on them so far.

No complaints.

they settled about 3/4" from install. So far they flex, and move, and the spring pack is still tight, not separated like the nationals did.

Haven't yet got them offroad, will run them through their paces coming up here next weekend on the ARR.

 

[Yukon Joe]

Thought your nationals were rusted together, not falling apart?

Looking forward to checking them out next weekend.

Yukon Joe
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[Huck]

Thought your nationals were rusted together, not falling apart?

Looking forward to checking them out next weekend.

Yukon Joe
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thats what corey says the problem was, when i took them off they were all falling apart, lost all shape and had large gaps between leafs

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

Cool, thanks for the update. Please give us a report after ARR. Glad these are working out for you.

 

[Zach]

Do they squeak at all?

 

[Huck]

Do they squeak at all?

Not one bit

 

[Jordan@Apollo-Optics]

I don't think @Huck has been off-road yet, but I went this past weekend in Huntsville and it was pretty dusty and they are still squeak free. I'm extremely happy with my Deavers.