Broken Leaf Spring Keeper from Shipping

[MIDEVIL214]

Just received some new leafs for my Bronco and found one of the keepers loose and out of place. The rivet was knocked out of the hole on the bottom leaf. That hole appears slightly ovaled now too from the UPS hit.

Are these normally just a press fit or is it an actual hot rivet?

 

[DirtDonk]

Don’t know if they’re hot or cold, but they’re usually in there pretty darn good. I’ve seen some manufactured that are not very robust, but most broncos springs should be.
Whichever vendor’s springs you used, give them a call and they can probably figure out what to do about it.

 

[DirtDonk]

By the way, got a pic of said defect? Maybe it would be as simple a fix as chamfering out the hole and using a cone seat Phillips head screw and a lock nut.

 

[MIDEVIL214]

Having some trouble with the photo Paul. They weren’t your springs. Im not referring to the horizontal bolt that clamps the leaf keeper. It’s the round head rivet that runs up vertically into the leaf from the bottom.

The rivet is still through the keeper, just separated from the leaf. The rivet looks to be all intact with nothing broke off in the leaf hole.

It’s the keeper closest to the center pin so I’d have to drill through most of the leafs to secure w a bolt and nut. Will talk to vendor and manufacturer tomorrow.

 

[DirtDonk]

That’s what I assumed you were talking about. You could conceivably re-deform the rivet in the hole, but you’d still need to separate all the leaves to get it done because it’s one of the inner braces on a lower leaf.

Same for installing a screw, but your right a nut wouldn’t work. I wasn’t considering the whole picture with my last statement. You obviously can’t put a nut there because the other leaves are right on top of it. But I did not intend to try to get you to drill through them all and put in a through bolt. Wouldn’t be a good idea, so I withdraw it!