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[Skniper]

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The arrow points towards the fixed end

Show the other end of those springs.

 

[RevISK]

 

[Skniper]

Example of the mil wrap end of the spring (photo lifted off Mud)…

 

[arnak]

Yessir that appears to be on backwards, can’t tell 100% from those pics but looks like the heavy mil wrap leaf is attached at the rear shackle. The mil wrap always goes on the fixed spring hanger, forward of the axle.
What springs are those?

 

[arnak]

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This brand - but the heavy duty ones for the 89 Land Cruiser

 

[cruisermatt]

From actual experience, with the rear springs installed backwards on a 60/62 the rear driveshaft won’t be long enough to install, so let’s stop suggesting that everyone before this poor guy spends all day trying to put the springs in the other way.
It won’t affect the shackle angle regardless.

To me it looks like that spring just has WAY too much arch.

 

[RevISK]

From actual experience, with the rear springs installed backwards on a 60/62 the rear driveshaft won’t be long enough to install, so let’s stop suggesting that everyone before this poor guy spends all day trying to put the springs in the other way.
It won’t affect the shackle angle regardless.

To me it looks like that spring just has WAY too much arch.

I actually talked to him on the phone and we figured that wasn’t the case. That arch is the huge factor.

 

[cliffrdavis]

Good example of similar. These are brand new OME and this is my shackle angle with 200 lbs in the back cargo area. It’s not great. Hoping it keeps dropping. Trying not to remove a leaf - like I said these were the med/light versions.

I would have gone with a different brand if I knew it was going to be like this and it would be so difficult to get them on the shackles.

 

[tmxmotorsports]

I have ome heavy front and rear on my 62 with long shackles in the back and shackle reversal in the front rides like a tank the only way I've gotten the rear to settle at all is a dual axle car trailer hooked to the hitch with a vehicle far forward on the trailer I let it sit like that for a day and hauled the vehicle to the scrap yard that is 20 minutes away it was sketchy af but my rear springs settled some ill be doing something about my suspension whenever I get around to working on my own stuff. It's currently sitting in my other shop with a 4 speed and tcase in the cargo area with a bunch of other shop equipment and things and its actually squatting a little by the time I get around to moving the 62 to my current shop the springs might have settled. I've owned it for 12 years and was lifted by the po.

 

[franklin40]

i agree the springs look really arched. i bet the banging you are hearing is the anti inversion shackles doing their job. that bar is probably hitting your frame

 

[arnak]

Any tricks on bleeding the system?
It got insane hot I pulled over waited till it cooled down and drove again, opened up my coolant and it was like dark brown instead of being red / pink coolant and I pumped the big radiator hose for some bubbles but is there any other tricks

I’m going to dump this coolant and refill again maybe the old rust in the block from sitting for 25 years accumulated so gonna flush it out rn and refill with new coolant 50/50 red Toyota coolant

 

[RevISK]

It takes awhile to really burp these trucks. Parking with your nose as high up in the air as you can get it helps.

Do you know for a fact your gauge is right?

Also, what happened with your springs?

 

[cruisermatt]

It looks like you have some junk in the system and should do a flush. Quality of the coolant will effect cooling capacity as well as air in the system

 

[tmxmotorsports]

When i first got my 62 I had zero information from po I could hear water moving around behind the dash through the heater core wasn't overheating or anything I drove it up one of my motocross jumps sat there with it running for a while like a beer or 2 it was winter time so I had the front heat on and also the rear heat on after I did all that I was able to put more coolant in the radiator and no more noises and the heat would melt ya inside.

 

[arnak]

almost ran hot today - I turned it off outside when the gauge started going up I’m just glad I didn’t mess up the head gasket …. Had air pockets and rust from being parked for so long drove it 50 miles today

Can’t believe the previous shop didn’t look at this, left air pockets when I asked them to service everything also they left a belt of the ac loose and the main nut was coming undone slowly, so I torqued it down … bs service honestly for a bit over 3k I redid everything again

Lesson learned if you want something done well do it yourself, or take it to cruiser Matt’s or pros that get it

 

[arnak]

It looks like you have some junk in the system and should do a flush. Quality of the coolant will effect cooling capacity as well as air in the system

Thank you brother ! Did exactly that today

 

[arnak]

question !!! My oil pressure gauge even without turning on the truck like when the ignition is on the ON position without the engine running, it shows I have full oil pressure how’s that possible without the engine on??

Brand new oil pressure sensor too redid it today with OE sensor same thing

 

[arnak]

From actual experience, with the rear springs installed backwards on a 60/62 the rear driveshaft won’t be long enough to install, so let’s stop suggesting that everyone before this poor guy spends all day trying to put the springs in the other way.
It won’t affect the shackle angle regardless.

To me it looks like that spring just has WAY too much arch.

Yup! I double checked with Ironman before doing the job! LOL I did have it on right they just said I don’t have enough weight on it the one I bought heavy duty is for like 500+ pounds of load in the back end

 

[arnak]

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[RevISK]

Those pinch welds are, in part, designed to drain water if it gets in. Case in point, this morning my son neglected to screw his water bottle lid all the way on and when I dropped him at football practice water was pouring out of the pinch welds there.

Hard to see but that was almost 64 ounces shed. The rest is being mopped up now.