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A little about how we make our custom hand crafted leaf springs

Custom Hand Crafted Leaf Springs

We custom handcraft each set of springs to suit your vehicle’s particular characteristics (weight, modifications, accessories, towing needs, cargo needs, etc) and to fulfill your ride-quality and ride-height (lifted, stock or lowered) desires. We believe that no mass produced, off-the-shelf spring can equal the ride quality, suitability and durability of a true custom spring.

We start with flat bars of top-quality high-carbon American- made spring steel. Alcan Spring’s start-to-finish custom process allows us to choose varied width, thickness, and flex characteristics according to customer needs. A leaf-spring pack often contains two or more different leaf thicknesses.

However, since we started Alcan Spring nearly 40 years ago, we have custom-made that one product in just about every possible variation for every vehicle you could imagine. From go-karts to 10-ton dump trucks; from the family car to drag cars; from stock-replacement pickup truck springs to the most exotic rock-crawlers and desert racers.

Bottom line: No matter what your leaf-spring needs, Alcan Spring has the experience and skill to deliver exactly what you want.

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Step #1

We start with flat bars of top-quality high-carbon American-made spring steel. Alcan Spring’s start-to-finish custom process allows us to choose varied widths, thicknesses, and flex characteristics according to customer needs. A leaf-spring pack often contains two or more different leaf thicknesses.

Step #2

After we cut the flat spring-steel bars to length, a special furnace heats the main-leaf ends red hot then we roll the eyes using precise dies. The gray furnace scale falls away as the heat strengthens and tempers the steel. The heat-treatment process is very important in controlling the consistency of the spring pack’s strength and durability. And the hands-on process means that every leaf is constantly inspected for quality

Step #3

Each customer’s spring order is processed, and each leaf-pack is hand-formed by itself. That is, we don’t make piles of generic individual leaves and then stick them together later. Every pair of Alcan Springs is made to match in every way, right down to the shaping of the leaves, putting them together, and even to the final painting.

  • Tough & Flexible

    Alcan Springs can be made with tough military wrap eyes and bolted keepers for hardcore, super-flexy applications.

  • Anti-Friction

    All Alcan Springs feature diamond-cut leaves and anti-friction pads between the leaves.

  • Custom In Every Way

    At Alcan Spring, we use top-quality polyurethane and/or OEM-style bushings. And we can make custom U-bolts in any size and shape you need.

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