Charateristics of leaf spring

[jimy2]

Hi all
Can some one please tell me what parts of the leaf spring give vehicle hight and which ones give weight . I have terrible slant on the rear leafs L/H side even after I removed the lift kit it's roughly one lower on the driver side. For the front side it's not that bad but took the car out for a trip this weekend to the beach and that side was the one that kept on bottoming out on the fender

 

[jimy2]

Shop to get it off the floor to make wheels drop and chk the distance btwn arch and rim this show justify if its suspension or body slant

 

[crushers]

arch = height
# + thickness = load

 

[jimy2]

So in theory if I add one or two leafs flat ones at the bottom of the pack I should get the same ride hight plus it won't drop as much when loaded ?

 

[jimy2]

Ok I see the combination of it all sorry wasn't thing right for a few minutes . Ok so if I wanted to increase the load barring of the leafs with affecting the hight what leafs would I need to put in ?

 

[crushers]

so you want to end up with same height or a lift?
more leafs = harsher ride

 

[jimy2]

Yeah I thought that but as I'm trying to run 285x75 at stander hight . When the car isn't loaded its perfect no problem with rear clearance I just need to increase the load baring of the leafs slightly nothing too dramatic that I don't comprehend the drive quality .

 

[crushers]

air bag installation is your answer...

 

[jimy2]

I'm facing a small dilemma when I removed the leaf spring I forgot to mark the left and right and . Now what to do is there a away to tell the dif btwn the l/h and r/h what woul happen if I did put them in crisscross ?

 

[crushers]

no problem, you can switch side to side with no ill results as long as it is the same leaf length and thickness.

 

[jimy2]

Thanks crushers top man thanks for the help on this topic .

 

[jimy2]

Still facing a problem a I rolled the car . The car seems to sit one inch off on the rear left side I mean it never did prior to the flip even put in the stick suspension to see what was wrong but still so suspension is not the problem does anyone have a clue what to chk next I'm thinking the body mounts or bolts

 

[crushers]

bent frame?

 

[jimy2]

You mean the chase .

 

[crushers]

yah, chassis ... possibility depending on the severity of the roll...