DIY Reverse Eye Leafs

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When I took apart my 60 leafs, I noticed the 2 main leafs were extremely flexible. You could measure the diameter of the military wrap, find pipe similar size, then heat the wrap and hammer it around the pipe in the other direction. Not sure how much this will weaken the spring. Worst thing that could happen is the spring break and send the truck into oncoming traffic. Or just chop off the wrap and see what happens. Personally I would just shell out a little money to have alcan make u 2 main leafs for each pack with reverse eyes. Then add your other leafs to the new main leafs. Probably the safest way to do it. Looking forward to seeing what you do.
 
bumping this discussion back up a year later. I never got around to trying it but and still interested. After a year with several wheeling trips (probably 20-22 full days) my front springs have sagged about 3/4". I am going to be moving to 37's in a few months so going to do that first and see how much tire clearance i have before flipping spring eyes and see if it's possible to have the ride height even lower but with bigger tires without having to do a bunch of cutting.
 
74fj40 said:
If the leaf is close to flat already, I say go for it. Use the re-arching method you posted before. I’ll be following. If I can get ahold of some stock fj40 front springs, I’ll do the same.
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I have some stock 40 front springs if you want them. My dad is up in Denver quite a bit.
 
SNLC said:
Just use a leaf that already has the eye flipped.

Or have Deaver make you a set.

Cheers
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The point is to use stuff that is already here. Custom springs from a Deaver/Alcan/Atlas are nice but completely misses the point
 
$850 isn't nothing. If there's a set of junkyard springs that work just as well and cost $100, then we all win.
 
If you could make it work without killing the main leaf you would also need to clearance here because the leaf would exit higher up. It's no fun having the main leaf shear when on a trail. Happened to me.
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I need to flip my front springs around to move my front axle back a little bit to work with bigger tires, and I have now gotten enough use out of my previously very nice low-mileage stock FJ62 rear springs that I have up front that I wouldn't mind potentially damaging them for experimentation. So I'm finally going to try this. I have a single complete FJ62 spring pack so I will have a spare main leave and hopefully can make two add-a-leafs from it as well.
Thanks for noticing the clearance issue with my front hangers, yes you're right I think I will have to take some of that out.
 
74fj40 said:
Found this video, they are removing lift by “de-arching”. Pretty similar idea.
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Yep, it doesn’t look that difficult. My concern is longevity but my springs are getting pretty close to flat currently so I’m thinking that going to an opposite arch isn’t too much of a change?
 
Ya I believe that would change the temper
 
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