Ignorant Officer?

I was pulled over for a routine inspection today by Illinois State Police, and my truck was put out of service for a broken spring clip. He called it an "axle stabilizer" on the ticket but this has nothing to do with the axle, it is just a U bolt that keeps the springs from slapping when they bounce up and down. Each spring had 4, and one was broken. As far as I know most trucks don't even have these so to be put OOS for something that isn't even needed seems extremely ridiculous to me. I can't seem to find any information on anything related to specific regulations and I plan on filing a complaint against the officer as his ignorance cost me a lot of money today. I am simply looking for some advice however as I am not 100% sure that there isn't some obscure regulation relating to this and that maybe the officer was not technically correct in putting me OOS. If anyone knows about this regulation or where I can find info on it I would appreciate it.

 

Those are pretty much what I was looking for- thanks for that.
Wow those are some loose laws though- why don't they just say "if the cops wants to write you they will" ? I suppose it is what it is. Illinois is a bad state for trucks I suppose? I have only been driving for two years, and only local (in Illinois) so I really don't have a frame of reference.

 

lol I thought zero tolerance on axle weights was just normal- I was 100 pounds over on my rears one time (according to their little bathroom scales as I call them). Those things are not even supposedly accurate to 100 lb intervals and it was still a 300 dollar ticket. I suppose Illinois is not a good state to be driving a truck in.