Leaf spring straight

One of my leaf springs received a bend at the forward end near the bolting eye. I was wondering if I took it off the truck and heated it up to straighten, if the heating would weaken the spring?

 

Not likely. You will remove the temper. It will weaken the spring greatly.

 

Kirk meant to say don`t mess with it!!

being bent getting the spring off will be interesting

Please share just how a spring receives a bend ??

pictures would be so good.

 

Time for a lift. Else if you are willing to wait for a local pickup, you can usually pickup a takeoff OE leaf spring pack cheap.

 

Bought this truck, from Copart, that had been rear ended. I assume the vehicle from behind went up under the truck and hit the right side wheel and tire, putting this same knuckle at the front of the spring. Attached is a picture of the right damage side and a picture of the left normal undamaged side.

 

With that much bend I'll bet a tape measure will show a difference in wheel base between the good and bad side. The spring should be replaced as the metal properties have been changed at the bend and it could fail there at some point and that is the main leaf.

 

Thank you for your advice. Does anyone have a good set of used springs that you know of?

 

Check your local Facebook Marketplace/craigslist pages. I see 3rd gen takeoff suspensions with very low mileage for sale all the time. Often for very cheap.

 

How many miles is on your truck it? its a 17 Right?

 

36k, yes 2017.

 

The coverage on leaf springs are 3 years or 36k miles. Bring it in to the dealer and see if they can contact Toyota to perform a goodwill replacement. I would get it in asap because the longer you go past 36k miles the less likely they will cover it.

 

The truck was rear ended. This bent the spring. I'm not seeing the dealer changing these.

 

Dealer won't warranty accident damage. I'd just buy a leaf pack or find someone who is lifting their truck and buy their stock springs for cheap

 

WOW... just boggles my mind that a dealer, anywhere, would sell a truck with a main leaf bent like that.

I know there sre shady a-holes everywhere... but that's just not safe.

 

I bought the truck this way and it had been in a rear end accident, so toyota will not be covering any replacement. Thanks for information. If anyone knows of some stock leaf springs for sale please let me know.

 

Did you purchase it certified from a toyota dealership?

 

This is my 2013 Toyota Tacoma single cab I never tow or load anything in my truck but today I loaded the bed with around 1300lbs of grape boxes I got paranoid but forgot what my leaf springs looked before it sagged a lot but the ride wasn’t bad I just drove slow 35 mph how do my leaf springs look ? Shot out ?