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i had a sector shaft on my work truck snap in half as i was driving through the gate to my driveway, i can only imagine what would have happened if it snapped doing 50mph through the mountainsFuuuuckThat's scary.
It pretty much never happens at high speed because there's negligible force on the actual steering box part of the steering at those speeds. Pretty much all the pothole force is on the linkage that runs wheel to wheel.i had a sector shaft on my work truck snap in half as i was driving through the gate to my driveway, i can only imagine what would have happened if it snapped doing 50mph through the mountains
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my last daily driver had manual steering and my first toyota had manual steering with 38 boggers and welded front diff
Around here we have two big spring shops (Fulton Spring Service or Hawk Frame and Axle) that I would get quotes from, a coworker has a early 2000s DRW Super Duty and it had broken springs on both sides. It was about $150-200 more per side for Fulton to install the springs versus what he could find for equivalent quality springs and hardware kits.
my last daily driver had manual steering and my first toyota had manual steering with 38 boggers and welded front diff
you need to drive more shit with manual steering
why?
Because undamped springs turn little problems into big problems. Lots of trailers will sway from just bouncing down the road. The friction in the leafs and bushings isn't enough to control the side to side bounce let alone a bump.
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what the fuck are you even talking about? why are you arguing about forces on my pitman arm? i mention my sector shaft snapped and i was glad it didnt happen at speeds so you think you need to school me on the forces a sector shaft sees? you really are a fucking know it all dork, you should try shutting the fuck up sometimesJust because you managed to build some abomination that takes substantial input force to scrub its way around a gentle highway curve doesn't mean that there isn't way more force at low speed and that the pitman arm and sector shaft aren't doing basically nothing when you're not inputting force.
It's the same as how the pinion and driveshaft are doing basically nothing when you're in neutral even if you happen to be coasting in a turn with a locked rear end.
You had better have a good excuse for being so ignorant since clearly you can't claim lack of experience.
i nor anyone else said it does, and me being thankful it didnt snap at speed is not me implying the force are greater at speed, did i mention you should shut the fuck up? 
1 7/8 shouldn't even exist anymore. Just make everything 2" or 2 5/16 for bumper pull trailers and move on. I've seen guys lose trailers because they stuck them on a 1 7/8 ball with a slightly clapped out coupler.
I agree, there's no good reason to have 1 7/8" in this day and age, anything I have that came with 1 7/8" has been upgraded to 2"
This is where I where I would start. Drop axle and inspect center bolt. This does not look right. The springs look fine if there are no cracks. My service trucks springs all look like that. Check front leaf bushing make sure they aren’t blown out.
