Squeeking from rear/ Loose leaf spring bolt

[MTF]

I may have to do this myself as well.

After my accident I'm running into an issue with the passenger rear spring.
The front bolt loosens up and I get a pop when taking off.
I haven't taken the bolt out yet, but it looks like the front eyelet is slightly shifted.

If I need to do repairs,
I will take big fat washer with the correct hole size for the bolt and weld it to the outside of the spring bracket on both sides.
And I will fill in the inside of the bracket at the washer with a little weld, grind flat and drill out what ever weld is in the diameter of the hole in the washer.
Then I will buy a bolt or see what Deavers has as a longer bolt with a crown nut option.

 

[Greybeard]

Couldn't you weld a washer big enough to go over the wallowed out hole?

 

[MTF]

If the bolt is allowed to move it will just egg out the hole even more.
And if the inside is not smooth you will eat up the bushings.


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If the holes are not egg out to bad I guess the next size up in bolt would work, if Deavers makes a bushing setup for that, this would be the easiest fix.

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I hope the next gen. Raptor uses 1/8 steel instead of gauge sheet metal.
Even for the upper rear shock brackets that some guys are tearing up.

 

[Raptoe13]

Welded washer would be by far the easiest and cheapest route to go. Used them on the a-arms on 2 of my RZRs before.

 

[Fb73]

+1 for the welded washer, not that hard to do...

 

[BigGriff023]

I have decided to go with the washer route and try it. I will post the results after it is done next week. I am also going to do the same thing to the other side just for extra strength/security.

 

[BigGriff023]

So I thought I would give an update. I took a grade 8 5/8 washer and drilled it to exactly 18mm which is the bolt size. I placed one on each side of the mount and welded them on. No noise or movement and the problem is fixed. I also welded washers to the other side just for extra strength.

 

[MTF]

Thanks for the info!

It's the way to go, getting a new hanger doesn't solve the problem, and cost a hell of a lot.