Well its finally time to start the rear 4 LINK suspension!
at least the springs broke on the last day of a 3 day weekend of wheeling.
I loosened the U-bolts and pinched one of the broken leaves within the remaining leaf pack and used it as a sort of splint.
I attempted to weld the leaves together to make one main leaf, but I was soon reminded how spring steel reacts to welding. I made it 10ft down the trail and everything fell back apart!
so the final rescue design consisted of one 1/4\" bolt drilled through the leaves, two ratchet straps, and a 6\" c-clamp.
We were on Cemetary trail which is on the South property of Rausch Creek ORP, so the ride back to the trailer wasnt terrible but it was long and slow! The whole recovery & repair took about 2 hours.