Re: [ihc] Spring repair kit

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at 01:17 PM, Tom Mandera wrote:

> John Hofstetter wrote:
>
> > After my broken main leaf experience in Death Valley, with my auto I 
> > ordered one and it looks pretty good, plus it was not very expensive. 
> > $25 from Summit. It comes with a myriad of warnings about only 
> > driving 5 mph, and only going a short distance, but they'd have to do 
> > that for
> Sheesh, John.. when I broke a leaf spring on the trail, I replaced the 
> broken leaf with my Hi-Lift Jack handle.
>
> I then proceeded to drive at a rather normal speed back into Moab, 
> around town, out to the junkyard, and to a few other places before 
> finally finding a good used leaf spring which I then replaced my 
> broken-spring/Hi-Lift combination with.
>
> No need for a fancy "spring repair kit" when you have the 
> Jack-of-All-things with you..
I follow your logic perfectly up to what do you use to let your jack 
down, now that its handle is your main spring leaf? <g>

John

John Hofstetter
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