Will powder coat hold up to the sliding of trailer leaf springs?

Question

I would like to have my leaf springs on my PWC Trailer powder coated. They springs consist of 3 leafs on each side. I would like to have them powder coated but dont know if the powdercoat will hold up to the sliding of the leafs between each other? Any ideas. I cant find a single leaf version.

They are 2 months old and all rusty so I wanted something better than paint.

Answer 1

Absolutely not. Any truthful powder coater worth his salt will be honest with you. The ends of leaf springs are friction surfaces. Now there is a way around this. There are companies who make Teflon and other plastic slider surfaces at the ends of the leaf stack.
We have a powder-coating company in town and the owner is a metallurgist. He will not touch or guaranty anything unless it's a very pure "clean" metal such ar chromoly or shelby tubing. He won't do aluminum wheels because of the garbage they make them of.

Why don't you aluminum -oxide or glass bead each leaf repaint them and button them back together.

Answer 2

My uncle has been making prime high-quality trailers for years out of his storage making use of the leaf springs and axles from phone properties. They are heavy responsibility and will bring just about some thing. Truck leaf springs will likely be best for hauling bikes.

Answer 3

It will wear where the leaves slide just like on cars and trucks. Most oem and after market leaves are powder coated.

Answer 4

No try under coating

Answer 5

It will hold up better than paint. Take it to a powder coating shop. Maybe this website will help

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&itemID=458
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