westphill24

My truck would always sag and when I pushed it down it would barely come back up. I bought it used and dont know how long the springs where on it but when I changed the front from white to silver, the silver comes right back up without any problem. Im also probably changing the back from green to blue, back sags the same way, but I wanted to know if spring lost there strength after awhile.

thanks for any comments.

magnat

Its highly possible that any constantly moving part in time would suffer metal fatigue of some sort...

westphill24

thats what I was thinking but since Im still pretty new I wasnt sure. Can anyone else gives some type of experience or opinion.

Kitsune

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Yeah, springs definately have a life span. Especially if they stay more compressed over time (like if you have a lot preloads on them). I've seen that happen to various degrees on all of my older cars.

osuwins

yes they can thats why when you store it over a long period of time its good to keep it off its wheels, and so your tires dont get flat spots

westphill24

thanks guys and thanks for the tip about the wheels. I guess I better build/buy a few stands.

nissanlove

yeah thats a good tip about the flat spotted wheels, it holds true in real cars too! they also get dry rotted