Front Spring Retainers

JMT said:
Probably wasn’t in the retainer to begin with. There’s no way a washboard road could dislodge a spring from the retainer.
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It was for sure in the spring stop, it hasn’t been an issue for 4 years. I was in some flexing before the washboard road but that’s when the racket began.
 
01TJ-Blues said:
I was in some flexing before the washboard road but that’s when the racket began.
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Read what you wrote.

If you want to argue how you defied physics on a washboard road you’re welcome too, but the springs never moved on the perches. You did that some other time as you described.
 
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01TJ-Blues said:
Reviving this one.

I have the Currie setup which uses the bump stop to lock the spring in place and also my shocks are appropriate for the droop.

That said, I was out playing around and when I hit the washboard road after I had a clunk noise coming from the front. Got home, searched high and low for any loose bolts, bushings or JJs and all was in order.

Went back out, clunk still existed and again looked high and low. Finally spotted the drivers side spring had popped out of the bottom spring notch in the perch. How this happened is beyond me because I had to take the shock off to get it dropped far enough to put it back.

I’m installing spring retainers, easy fix for a just in case situation.
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There are other things happening to allow the spring to rotate and come out of it's pocket in the lower spring seat. The washboard road had nothing to do with it unless you have springs with an exceptionally short free length.

Btw, Currie bump stops do not lock the spring into place. The spring can still rotate if the extended length of the shocks allow the spring to loose pressure against it's seats. If and when that scenario occurs, you can grab the spring and rotate it by hand. And you can do it safely because this is occurring as a very very slow speed.
 
JMT said:
Read what you wrote.

If you want to argue how you defied physics on a washboard road you’re welcome too, but the springs never moved on the perches. You did that some other time as you described.
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Not arguing physics, I stated I was playing BEFORE the washboard and after, on the washboard was when the noise was apparent.

Very well could have popped out somehow PRIOR to the washboard, which was stated in the original post.
 
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jjvw said:
There are other things happening to allow the spring to rotate and come out of it's pocket in the lower spring seat. The washboard road had nothing to do with it unless you have springs with an exceptionally short free length.

Btw, Currie bump stops do not lock the spring into place. The spring can still rotate if the extended length of the shocks allow the spring to loose pressure against it's seats. If and when that scenario occurs, you can grab the spring and rotate it by hand. And you can do it safely because this is occurring as a very very slow speed.
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The Currie bump stops hold the springs in place, they may not “lock” them but they do prevent them from falling out in the event of an over extension.

I also stated that my shocks prevent the springs from extending past unseating. The springs also have wear marks on the cut spring end where they WERE seated in the pocket previously. Fresh scuffing was apparent after I figured out they had moved.

Again, I had to remove the shock to get enough droop to re-seat the spring. Like I said in the original response, it very strange how this may have happened and I was simply adding that a retainer could prevent this as it seems unknown how it could happen.
 
jjvw said:
There are other things happening to allow the spring to rotate and come out of it's pocket in the lower spring seat. The washboard road had nothing to do with it unless you have springs with an exceptionally short free length.

Btw, Currie bump stops do not lock the spring into place. The spring can still rotate if the extended length of the shocks allow the spring to loose pressure against it's seats. If and when that scenario occurs, you can grab the spring and rotate it by hand. And you can do it safely because this is occurring as a very very slow speed.
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I think those Metalcloak springs help with that 😉
 
01TJ-Blues said:
The Currie bump stops hold the springs in place, they may not “lock” them but they do prevent them from falling out in the event of an over extension.

I also stated that my shocks prevent the springs from extending past unseating. The springs also have wear marks on the cut spring end where they WERE seated in the pocket previously. Fresh scuffing was apparent after I figured out they had moved.

Again, I had to remove the shock to get enough droop to re-seat the spring. Like I said in the original response, it very strange how this may have happened and I was simply adding that a retainer could prevent this as it seems unknown how it could happen.
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The argument is not that it didn't occur. The argument is that the washboard road was not the cause of it.

Some time with a floor jack could tell you what you need to know.
 
jjvw said:
The argument is not that it didn't occur. The argument is that the washboard road was not the cause of it.

Some time with a floor jack could tell you what you need to know.
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I already said that, the washboard is where it was noticed, which was probably due to the continuous repeated quick spring cycle.
 
01TJ-Blues said:
“All” as defined in two of you that are focused on the wrong part of the description?
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Figure out what is allowing your springs to unseat. It isn't all that difficult to learn where and if they are reaching free length within the suspension travel.
 
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