What size spring clamps will fit our trucks? All the spring clamps that I've seen fit up to 2.5" wide springs, but my springs look to be closer to 3" wide. I was at Pep Boys today and almost picked up a set until I saw what size they fit and I wasn't 100% sure that they'd work. Thanks in advance

 

Need to go a little lower huh?

 

You know it brother! ....and it's all your fault too!

 

That's okay, I'm debating on a set of drop hangers so I can start collecting parts towards my 4/6 plan.

 

I'm guessing 3". The springs are about 2.5" I think but the overload is wider; I didn't know this and ended up having to re-drill the holes on the bottom plate and hammered the u-bolts over the overload when I installed mine.

 

The ones I have always gotten were at Auto-Zone, I can't tell ya how wide, but the kit includes 2 plates for each spring, and 1 u-bolt. I have seen some kits that just have a single u-bolt and a single plate and I can tell you that those are too narrow to fit.

 

I'll see what they have at the AutoZone near me...doubt I'll have any luck there though, the one closest to my apartment never has what I'm looking for. They have plenty of license plate frames, graphics, and air fresheners though lol

 

the ones from autozone are 2.5"
i made them work with mine. you have to kind of force it over the leaf by hand and then squeeze them together to get them to line up with the holes on the plates.

 

Picked em up at AutoZone today, for $12 I figured what the heck, I'll give it a shot. Every set that I've seen has been 2.5"...good to know that they can be made to work.

Just curious, did you use loc-tite on the threads? Seems like these things are prime candidates for constant loosening.

 

Honestly I never used any loc-tite, and they hardley ever loosened up. I had to go out and re-torque them maybe every 6 months or so--if that often. It probably wouldn't hurt for some loc-tite though.