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Originally Posted by TundrastruckDave
My "middle" leaf - on the drivers side - snapped in half on my '95 Tacoma. And since it's recommended that you replace BOTH sides at the same time because of uneven wear which could cause the other side to fail, I unfortunately wasn't in a financial position - at the time - to be able to replace them. So I tried a "quick-fix" with hose clamps to [hopefully] keep them in a straight line - at the least - but to no avail. This turned out to be nothing more than a waist of time and effort.  One half of the broken spring would jump out of line - as the hose clamps slipped - and that section would end up HITTING MY GAS TANK!!  I guess that's when I decided it was time to replace them. To be quite honest though, I'm not so sure it has all that much to do with "salt" or "rust". I live in eastern North Carolina and the winters here are primarily mild, so there isn't really a salt issue to deal with. When I did finally replace mine, I went with a set of aftermarket OE springs - in the hope - that these would NOT end up snapping as well. I couldn't justify buying into the same problem a second time by replacing the springs with yet another set of "Toyota" springs! Especially at their cost! 
This is one of the few complaints - besides paint - that I have with Toyota. It's funny how this only started happening "after" they came out with the Tacoma in mid-year 1995 and has continued for the better part of 10 years now! They had it "right" once - prior to 1995 - and then evidently decided to cut a few corners with the release of the new Tacoma. Shame on you Toyota! |
Yea I here you on the New 2005 Tacoma I wasn't intrested in that truck either with the Plastic bed (SMC) and knowen reports on breaking No thanks Toyota can kept it
. I could have had any Truck I wanted but Tundra seemed like the best pick vs all of them.
I did review my spring's today since i had my former AAL removed and Added wheelers 1.5 inch block's myself which was my first time. When I removed the U bolt's I notice my rear spring's looked rusted and figures hell the part is Made In Mexico
. I painted those leaf spring's back to black including the Rear drum brakes that also needed to be detailed out. I might be power washing the underside on my Truck soon.