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Old 03-21-2018, 09:46 PM
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Check every 10-15k? I hope they would still be good by then, I have read where they last a good while and check every 30k. I am mostly driving mine every 3-5 days and a few road trips. May some half mile and roll racing here and there.
Trust me or you might regret it! Just cause some last 30k doesn’t mean they all do.
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Check every 10-15k? I hope they would still be good by then, I have read where they last a good while and check every 30k. I am mostly driving mine every 3-5 days and a few road trips. May some half mile and roll racing here and there.
I believe Katech recommends spring inspections/replacements every ~15-20K miles. Good time to look at the guides while you're in there.
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Originally Posted by MTPZ06
I believe Katech recommends spring inspections/replacements every ~15-20K miles. Good time to look at the guides while you're in there.
BTR who I got my springs from recommended the same. Replaced mine at 15k.

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Originally Posted by rio95


BTR who I got my springs from recommended the same. Replaced mine at 15k.
I imagine the thought process is simply that a high quality spring that has been appropriately spec'd for the build, and properly installed...should almost never fail. So if going in every 20K to replace springs (cheap insurance IMO) or to simply test springs (might as well replace at that point IMO)...one should conceivably never have a spring failure.

But yes, sometimes stuff just breaks no matter how careful you are...so why increase your odds of a failure, and not do proper periodic maintenance intervals.
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Originally Posted by rio95


Trust me or you might regret it! Just cause some last 30k doesn’t mean they all do.
Ok cool, I definitely do not want to regret it!
Originally Posted by MTPZ06
I believe Katech recommends spring inspections/replacements every ~15-20K miles. Good time to look at the guides while you're in there.
Good info! I will check at 15k and go from there, replacing springs every 15k-20k seems odd to me.

Originally Posted by MTPZ06
I imagine the thought process is simply that a high quality spring that has been appropriately spec'd for the build, and properly installed...should almost never fail. So if going in every 20K to replace springs (cheap insurance IMO) or to simply test springs (might as well replace at that point IMO)...one should conceivably never have a spring failure.

But yes, sometimes stuff just breaks no matter how careful you are...so why increase your odds of a failure, and not do proper periodic maintenance intervals.
Awesome, springs are not too expensive and if I do it myself it would not be expensive to replace every 20k.
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Doing it yourself is always cheaper in the long run



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