Just wanted to give a heads up to anyone with a Jayco Sterling, 2006 model and many other Jaycos around that date.
I caught up with a mate last Nov on the road he discovered he had a broken main leaf in the rear left spring. Luckily it was near
Toowoomba QLD so replacement parts were available not to far away.
Just recently while on a 6000K trip to SA I had the same problem. Lucky for me I had one of the mates old springs along as a spare for that exact emergency. An hour and a half after discovering I had a problem I was back on the road and continuing my journey.
This leads me to suspect that the leaf spring
suspension use by date is around about now for those models mentioned
The leaf springs as fitted standard, in my opinion are just adequate for the job on the 21 foot and 23 foot Jayco Sterlings and it may apply to many other models either side of the models I have quoted. Add a few extra items and
the springs have a shortened lifespan.
When seeking replacements the mate took my advice and upgraded the replacement springs to the next level and, eventually, we replaced all four springs with the same ALKO replacement units as only 2 springs were available in
Toowoomba.
AL-KO have only 2 outlets on the east coast we have been told.
One is in Victoria and the other is in Yatala, a
Brisbane suburb.
Not sure if they deal direct with the public but a phone call will sort that out.
The replacement springs are listed as below
ALKO STOCK No 546207
Spring Tandem Rocker sets
7 Leaf 60 X 6 X 7 leaf
14 inch wheels NO U Bolts
This will increase your springs from a 6 leaf to a seven leaf setup and increase load capacity of the
suspension to around 3 plus tonnes.
Note that this does not give you a legal right to overload your van above manufacturers GVM, just in case you were wondering.
Note also that they only sell them as a complete set for each side, that is 2 springs and associated parts..
They come complete with the centre Rocker Hanger, the rocker and pivot pin with grease nipple, shackle plates nuts and bolts, bushes already fitted to
the springs etc and the fixed hanger at each end. In other words everything needed ready to weld onto a chassis.
Naturally the hangers will be discarded if you are replacing your springs.
Hope this is of some benefit to others.
Cheers, Bruce.
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