Broken leaf spring

red97, Jul 5, 10:29pm
hi people, last week i had the back wheels off my ute cause was changing the brake shoes in preperation for my wof recheck and i noticed something that thankfully the wof guy hadnt, pretty sure they are called leaf springs! the top one is snapped clean through right in the middle, the break is rusty so it could of happened some time ago, anyway my quetion is can i weld it! if not can i just replace the broken piece or does the whole thing get replaced!tia

johnf_456, Jul 5, 10:33pm
Replace it

mrfxit, Jul 5, 10:45pm
At the minimum, THAT leaf will need to be replaced.
Contrary to popular opinion in some circles, it's Not a hard job doesn't need a specialist or certing.

Replacement will depend on what the rest of the leaves are like