7mg4me

So I looked and couldn't find a whole lot on this, and what I did find seemed to not really address the problem. I have a 7m in the bay and a SAS. I am using stock toyota RUF but that only caused my springs to be level. I then added another stock leaf into the pack to see if that would fix it, but it didn't seem to fix the problem. Is this going to be a problem? I have a set of lift springs i got from the scrap yard off of a larger chevy burban, I am just not sure if adding them would fix the problem or not. I think it should, because one leaf has about the same load as does the entire pack currently on there. ( I tested this crudely by flipping them upside down and standing on them and measuring how much they traveled down. I weigh in the 200lb ball park.) The pack moved about 3" but one leaf only moved 1.5" ish. Any help is appreciated.

here's a pic of the springs.

DirtyOregonKid

That picture didn't work

7mg4me

Sorry I tried again but it didn't work. So there are 3 plus overload. The three springs are flat against the overload. Shouldn't there be some kind of arch to them? For example if i put a jack under the axle and lift it up there is no up travel on the springs. It just lifts the truck right off the ground.

DirtyOregonKid

Go to http://imgur.com/ and upload your pictures there. Then you just cut an paste the link they give you into the box here. I don't think anyone is going to be able to help you without pictures.

try to get a shot of your shackles if you can as well.

7mg4me

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7mg4me

http://imgur.com/HfZea

Sorry heres the correct one

DirtyOregonKid

can we get a shot of the shackles now? They aren't sitting on the frame are they?

7mg4me

The springs are sitting against the body mount at a 30° angle

7mg4me

Sorry the shackles

TrikeKid

Add more Toyota leafs, most RUF packs are 6-7 leafs and ditch the overload, takes at least 2 pair to make one set of RUF springs.

mudpunisher

not running shocks will def wear the springs out pretty quick too.

runs-on-4

iTrader: (1)

put a add a leaf in it if you want more arc, id say they look fine i run ruf and theyre pretty flat . do you want more lift/ uptravel? or do you just not want flat springs

7mg4me

Well i was just wondering if it was bad to have the springs flat. I ended up putting the 2 add-a-leafs from a chevy i found at the scrap yard in. They gave it more of an arch, and i bet when i get the shocks in place theyll be all good. So (ill include pics later) but with the slight arch v no arch what effect would that have on my crawling?

7mg4me

Thanks by the way for the help

runs-on-4

iTrader: (1)

i like flat springs my truck has about 2 inches of up travel, i like to keep mine as low as possible, its all about what you like as far as crawling it will just giv you more up travel but a higher center or gravity

7mg4me

Ok that makes sense. Thanks everyone for the help.