eseemann Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Good Morning folks, I have been getting parts for a "Rusty" style hammer and I wanted to share something that was very useful to me. I spent about 3 weeks (on and off) looking for a leaf spring and other parts on Amazon. My family uses Amazon Prime and that can reduce shipping costs if you can find the right thing. The cheapest leaf spring (new) I could find was $30.00 at Tractor Supply for a trailer spring. That was not bad but very short. Was a bit of persistence (by that I mean being what is called hyper-focused something found in people with OCD) I found this spring for about $20.00 shipped. "Omix-Ada 18201.05 Leaf Spring" about 40" long made from 5 bars (leafs?) and the one at TSC were only 28" long. I have taken the top 2 bars off and I think the longer of the 2 (about 18.5") might find work in a crossbow. I checked this morning and this same spring is now $94.00 shipped. So what I have found is if you want something from Amazon I suggest you spend some time and check back at different times over a few days you may just get some good deals. Also if you do have Amazon Prime the shipping and the return shipping is free so worst comes to worst you send it back. I want to say thanks to all the wise ones around the fire for keeping me from cutting corners on things like the leaf spring since micro fractures can become macro breaks with no warning at all. Ernest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Why not just go to a local auto wrecker and get one? Springs were around $20 at the various U-Pull-It type yards back home. I never paid for springs as I was always parting cars out, or were given them by friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 I could get used springs cheap but keep seeing people "in the know" here, AnvilFire and other places say that if you are going to use leaf springs in a rusty or other power hammer linkage go with new springs if you can do so. I have heard too many thinks about metal fatigue and micro stress fractures to want to take the chance. Now I will tell you that most of the stuff I use is "Preloved" from the scrap yard it was just this one thing I was not so sure about. Ernest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Anybody in Alabama jack up their trucks? Find a place that does it and ask them to call you when someone brings in a *new* truck to be worked on...I had a student once that worked at a place that built EMT vans and one of the first things they did was to junk the original springs with a total of 15 miles on them from the dealership to their shop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Maybe it is an East coast thing, but I have not seen any broken leaf springs on cars or trucks over all of the years I hung out in the wrecking yards back home. I was pretty heavy into the auto swapmeets, and car scene in Northern California, and spent countless hours scrounging the various wrecking yards in the area. I have seen bent springs, but not broken. The only broken springs I have seen were semi trailer springs. But I can also understand the confidence of new too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Then again, lots of new cars get wrecked too..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eseemann Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Big Gun Dr,. I think you have a very good point in that if you come across some car that had the poor luck to totaled in the glow of youth that would be a good "almost new" way to go. I am not 100% how to get the spring off the car but I have never had to try, I might need to look in to that just in case., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 They are pretty easy to remove. Bolts through the eyes, and the clamp around the axle. The axle bolts may give the biggest headache if they got damaged. If they will allow power tools a battery operated recip saw works wonders on the bolts. Otherwise a cold chisel, and a hammer will spit the nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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