$40 part, $3 in wrenches, and a car jack.
These springs are cheap and readily available. Any automotive shop can change it for you if you have the part. Measure the length of the good spring and select the same size for the weight rating of the axle. Your best bet is to limp to a trailer shop and have them do the repair. They should have the part in stock and charge an hour’s labour or less.
I had a similar thing happen far from home. Cracked 2 wheel hubs. Limped to the closest trailer shop who replaced both hubs right away and presented me with a bill for $48.
So story. We broke a leaf spring on our dual axle trailer. We are 5 hours/1 day away from home on a 12 day road trip across the country. We don’t know when we broke it but we have been driving on it at least three days until we realized it today. We have a TPMS and the tire that doesn’t have a broken leaf spring is running about 5° warmer and 2 psi higher than the other tires, probably from the increased weight. Basically we are asking if we can limp home to get it fixed or is that too big of a risk. Thanks
Change it that’s the hard mount side. That means the axle can move. It’s very unsafe like it is as others said it’s cheap and not hard to do. Looking at the picture you have 3500# springs so the spring is about $40-$45 dollars. When you do it save yourself a lot of trouble and get new u-bolts too. Also remember when you put it all back together the bolts on the hangers and shackles should not be tight the hangers and shackles need to be able to move so run the nuts all the way on them back them off one turn. It’s about a 30-60 min job and basic tools ( Jack, sockets or wrenches and a hammer )
Had this happen crossing South Dakota. We got lucky and found 1 in a town about 30 miles away and a tire shop willing to let me use their parking lot.
Be careful we blew the tire on that side/axle the very next day.
I had a leaf spring break on my pop up several years ago. It was a 3 hour drive to the nearest place that had a new spring. I “fixed” it with a log and ratchet strap. Drove 6 hours home like that. See picture in link below.
Edit: probably not something you want to do with a larger camper. My pop up was under 1000 pounds
Gorilla tape and zip ties can fix anything lol.
