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Old 01-11-2004, 02:53 PM   #12
ljbear
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Originally posted by FRENCHBLUE72
If you powder coat leaf spring's and use the truck the powder coat will chip and wear it self to death from friction
The powder will create friction on the face of the leaves, but that shouldn't cause the powdercoat to chip off. A simple fix is to put teflon strips between the leaves when you assemble the spring pack. I used the strips on mine, less than $40 for a roll large enough to probably do 6 sets of springs.
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