Broke a leaf spring. Were do I get one.

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Originally Posted by clarktm1275

I would call a tow company and have it flatbeded to the nearest trailer repair shop. This is seriously a repair to leave to the professionals.

Sorry Clark, I gotta disagree with you. By the time you pay for the flatbed, the labor @ $85 an hour, and the spring(s) you could almost buy a trailer. As to the "professionals"... well, that's a matter of opinion. Anyone that gets paid for doing a job is a "professional" in that job.. even if they just walked in off the street the day before. As to the job itself, let's see.. The main spring is usually a "slider" type, so you have one bolt attaching it to the trailer and another bolt up thru the center attaching it and the other leafs to the axle, and two u-bolts holding it all together. Paying someone hundreds of dollars to undo two bolts and two nuts, remove the damaged spring, slide a new spring in and then reinsert two bolts and tighten two nuts is (IMHO) just a waste of money.
Put the trailer up on jackstands, remove the tire for clearance and accessibility, undo the bolts & nuts, remove the damaged leaf, slide the new leaf in, redo the bolts, tighten the nuts on the u-bolts, remount the tire, put trailer back down.. A good backyard mechanic should be able to do the whole job in less than 3 hours and have time for a cold one AFTER the job is done.