Made in USA leaf springs

[Patriot]

Yesterday I had the Alcan 5 leaf pack installed at Alcan. This morning I decided to crawl under XPLOR for a closer look and check the torque on my 16 of my 9/16 Ubolts torque setting on the high nuts juuuuust to satisfy my OCD. I found in the short trip back to the our base camp (only 9 miles) from Alcan the Ubolts definitely required retorquing. Each of the (16) high nuts needed at least 1-2 full rotations to bring them into a torque spec per Alcan of 90’lbs. I am glad I checked these high nut fasteners as it is clear that the new Ubolts will stretch in a very short period of travel. 

This is why Alcan repeatedly recommends you check the torque on the high nuts and wetbolts. I will check again at the required interval of 50//50/500 mile mark. Passing this forward!

Happy and Safe Travels All from Grand Junction, CO!

 

 

You will need a 3/4” deep well socket which can be purchased alacarte at a local HF store. 

Edited September 8 by Patriot
Highlight ft lbs and add deep well socket size

[John Dorrer]

28 minutes ago, Patriot said:

Yesterday I had the Alcan 5 leaf pack installed at Alcan. This morning I decided to crawl under XPLOR for a closer look and check the torque on my 16 of my 9/16 Ubolts torque setting on the high nuts juuuuust to satisfy my OCD. I found in the short trip back to the our base camp (only 9 miles) from Alcan the Ubolts definitely required retorquing. Each of the (16) high nuts needed at least 1-2 full rotations to bring them into a torque spec per Alcan of 65’ lbs. I am glad I checked these fasteners as it is clear that the Ubolts will stretch in a very short period of use. 

This is why Alcan repeatedly recommends you check the torque. I will check again at the required interval of 50/50/500 mile marks. Just thought I would pass this forward!

Happy and Safe Travels All from Grand Junction, CO!

 

 

 

 

What other bolts need to be torqued? Wet Bolts?? How many of those and what else?🙃

[Patriot]

31 minutes ago, John Dorrer said:

What other bolts need to be torqued? Wet Bolts?? How many of those and what else?🙃

I only torqued the Ubolts this morning. @500 mile mark check Spring wet bolts, they should be good with the HD nyloc nuts.

Alcan will provide a very detailed work sheet when you have the springs installed. 👍🏻 

Edited September 7 by Patriot

[John Dorrer]

55 minutes ago, Patriot said:

I only torqued the Ubolts this morning. @500 mile mark check Spring wet bolts, they should be good with the HD nyloc nuts.

Alcan will provide a very detailed work sheet when you have the springs installed. 👍🏻 

Can't you tell? I'm clueless🤣🍺

Edited September 7 by John Dorrer
typo

[Mike and Carol]

Oliver did ours and I checked the bolts on our way to East Tennessee at about 70 miles and then at about 120 miles.  Final check was when we got home, a couple thousand miles.  Each time some tightening was required.  Not much on the final.  I’ll probably check again before our next trip (Inks Lake Oliver Rally).  Mike

[Patriot]

5 hours ago, John Dorrer said:

Can't you tell? I'm clueless🤣🍺

You will be totally fine John. Lew and his staff at Alcan are really awesome to deal with. 

[topgun2]

9 hours ago, Rivernerd said:

Looks like 5 to me...

Yep - 

Looks like 5 to me too.

Bill

p.s.  I suspect that somewhere alone the line Mr. Oliver decided that given the weight he was adding to the Beast, he should upgrade to 5 leaves from the original 4 leaves.  However, the pictures I recently posted are valid for the Beast as recently as 3 weeks ago.

Edited September 8 by topgun2

[ScubaRx]

On 9/6/2024 at 8:56 PM, SNY SD UP said:

Steve @ScubaRx

I copied this pic from @topgun2 "Jim Oliver's The Beast" Post, are we seeing 4 or 5 leaves on Jim's Beast?
Or do we not count the one that is rolled with the 'wet Bolts'???
Seriously asking for myself...
 

B~OUT

 

Link to Post for context,

 

Bryan, I do believe you are correct that these are indeed 5-leaf springs. I could not imagine that Jim would ever have outfitted any of his personal trailers with anything but the absolute heaviest duty components.