broken leaf spring Question

[travis73]

Hi,I broke the middle leaf spring going over some rough roads today,Can anyone tell me how long the leaf pack is warrantied for,I looked in my manual but couldent find a definative answer,and can I replace just the one leaf or do I have to replace the whole pack.

[gmtech4]

you have 3 yrs 60K KM bumper to bumper warranty from delivery date

 

 

 

replace whole leaf spring assembly ,no messin around with that ,,,,,replace U bolts and nuts also ,,,,if you are doing it ,,,torque nuts properly,,,if you dont feel comfortable enough doing this job,,,,farm it out

[travis73]

Thanks thats what I thought,unfortunatly I have 65k on the truck now,I guess I will start pricing spring packs.

[gmtech4]

inspect other side carefully

 

do this job right or i will come thru this computor ....lol seriously ,,,,,public safety should be forfront of your noggin

[travis73]

You may come through this computer and try to get me but I feel the job was done correctly,so here is what I did,I went to my local GM dealer and asked some questions as I felt the spring shoulden't have broken,I'm pretty careful with my truck,they told me that it was a fairly comen problem and that a lot have broken,then they proceded to tell me that they order aftermarket springs to replace the broken middle spring(which has 2 retainer clips instead of the factory 1 retainer) and have never had one come back broken.So I bought 2 center leaf springs and replaced one on each side,new center bolts,new U bolts,me and my mechanic did the job in 3hrs,also installed my 1" front lift at the same time,everything works great.Sorry but I saw no sense in replacing the main leaf spring or the overload,they were in perfect condition and I proably could have gotten away with reusing the U bolts,they came off verry easy and no rust