Best Front Spring Pins Money Can Buy?

Are you putting those OEM rubber bushings in there?

Back in '08 we converted quite a few of them back to the greasable threaded pin style. The rubber bushings were junk and pounded out in like a year of running up and down the bushroads. 18k lb steers on most of them.

 

I go back to pins in brass or threaded pins anytime possible.

 

Our car haulers run more weight on the steers than most other applications. The rubber bushings don't last. The threaded bushings are the best for us. Greasing them often is a must. Our trucks hit the shop for a quick service every 2 weeks and we we grease them on the ground. Every 7500 miles, we jack them by the frame to get the weight off the springs to grease them.

Old style bronze with smooth pins don't last too long for us. Being heavy on the steers and running in tight areas to car dealers, the side movement wears out the side to side thrust washers and can eat into the shackles and spring hangers, which of course tears up the seals and kills the bushings. The threaded bushings limit side thrust a lot better. This would be an advantage for dump trucks as well running like you do.

 

I have a tri drive western star with a 20k front end running 425's. I was thinking of trying out those atro urethane bushings. Curious how they would handle off-road.