Broken Coil Bucket Tower

Also, the forces to break this aren't normal, but you still have forces working against the coil bucket all the time. Shocks are just there to dampen the force, so unless you valving is on point like a trophy truck and your body doesn't move regardless of what bumps you go over, bump forces are traveling in to that coil bucket alot of the time.

 

And as a the moral of the story folks, this unfortunate event just goes to show that you should always inspect your vehicle often. Especially if you are going off the pavement.

 

if rubber bump stops are not assisting the bottom out, then the spring hanger mount is recieving the full point load of unsprung weight Plus any " moment " stress ( mass plus velocity ) the point load could be quite significant.
There is a reason for bump stops and the stopping point needs to be BEFORE the spring fully loads beyond its capability to compress given the vehicle weight ( which could be well before the springs fully compressed length
Unsprung weight + G force + impact velocity force = major damage

 

The cost to repair this seems very expensive then it could be just a regional labor market keeping the prices high.

Then there could be more damage the pictures don`t show.

Seems my last SAS swap a few years ago my price was about 1/2 still making a good profit but costs do rise

Just about every truck ever sold the last owner just used it to haul their cats to the Vet and recycle the cat litter !!

 

An insurance-funded SAS/LT? I'd love to see that.

 

That lift doesn't require longer bumps.

 

exact same thing happened to me when i was mid travel... hucked the truck so much in the desert the coil bucket eventually cracked... had a gusset made and welded the bucket back together and then welded the gusset which looked like an oversized washer on top of the coil bucket...

 

What was the out come? Fixed, SAS, or junked?

 

This just happened to my truck. What was the final outcome for your truck? Did it get fixed?

 

Fab time

 

Do you have any pics of the damage. Was it the passenger side?

 

Drivers side.

 

Pics of the shock setup? I wonder if its an adjustable bilstein setup on the top setting.

 

If the rest of the frame is equally as rusty as that coilbucket, I'd say you're SOL in fixing that.

If you want to save it, I would be on the search for a used frame.

 

Even the rust has rust on that pic. $#@$ shame.

In other news it looks like rockauto has some closeout wholesale deals going on for assembled coils. might want to check them out if you want to save a buck and go budget to get by.

https://www.rockauto.com/RSS/vehiclefeeds.php?carcode=1418453&m=wc&l=en&html=true