2014 Spring hangers

[jlb27537]

Hello Group, This issue is still in the figuring out stage so no correction has taken place. I post this only for information so others might look at their rigs.

I had Mor/Ryde X Factor braces installed by my selling dealer. I have had my rig about 3 weeks. I went to grease the wet bolts a couple days ago and found the 4 wet bolts that attached the braces would either not take grease or take it with way too much effort on the grease gun handle.

I crawled under it and discovered the outer flange of the spring hanger was bent inward on all 4 locations.

My rig has springs that are 1 3/4" wide and when you measure between the shackles at the LRE center support the distance is 1 13/16". This means the bushing in the end of the spring is 1/16" longer than the spring is wide. This provides 1/32" of clearance on each side of the spring when bolted up. OK, no problem.

Now the problem??? The spring hangers welded onto the frame when measured at the point of attachment is 2 1/16" wide. This would be the correct dimension for a 2" spring, but when you put a 1 3/4" wide spring in a 2" wide hanger and you have a X Factor brace in place it causes the outer flange, (which is 1/4" too wide) to bend inward when you tighten up the wet bolt.

I have measured, sent pictures to Mor/Ryde and have e mailed Keystone. Monday I'll call and see what the engineers @ Mor/Ryde have to say and will call Keystone for their take on the matter.

Mor/Ryde tells me he has never seen anything like this. It may be that Lippert somehow got the wrong info or Dexter provided the wrong springs. Like I said, this is still in the figuring out stage.

I'm not a engineer, but I feel a spring hanger that is bent is not a good thing.