Hello and good evening,
Also, thank you in advance for any advice!!
I purchased my 87 FJ60 just a few months ago and still learning all of it's quirks. One thing that had me scratching my head was the drivers side lean.....thanks to all the experts on the forum, I found a ton of info on an infamous Cruiser Lean.
But I am not convinced that my suspension is where it should be. The drivers side sits about 1 inch lower. It appears that I've got Heckthorn shocks, with anti-inversion/tri shackles...but on original springs....no other suspension mods that I can tell. The ride quality feels fine, excluding the sloppy steering and super bad alignment.
My question, if you can tell from the pic, is this a bad leaf spring? The attached picture is the drivers front. All four leaf springs appear to look the same with the drivers rear a bit uglier. I've seen lot's of threads saying to have saggy springs re-arched or replaced but can't find any pictures with examples of good vs. bad leaf springs?
Since the ride, for now, seems okay I'm not super stressed about this but I will have to be buying new tires before next winter. I am hoping to do 33x10.5 and don't want to run into problems if I've got suspension issues.
I'm slowly learning all the in's and out's and replacing small - inexpensive things here and there (more as learning/practice) but a $1000 bill for new leaf springs will have to be, without a doubt, "a need" not a "want" as the boss - wife, would say.
Thanks again!
Also, thank you in advance for any advice!!
I purchased my 87 FJ60 just a few months ago and still learning all of it's quirks. One thing that had me scratching my head was the drivers side lean.....thanks to all the experts on the forum, I found a ton of info on an infamous Cruiser Lean.
But I am not convinced that my suspension is where it should be. The drivers side sits about 1 inch lower. It appears that I've got Heckthorn shocks, with anti-inversion/tri shackles...but on original springs....no other suspension mods that I can tell. The ride quality feels fine, excluding the sloppy steering and super bad alignment.
My question, if you can tell from the pic, is this a bad leaf spring? The attached picture is the drivers front. All four leaf springs appear to look the same with the drivers rear a bit uglier. I've seen lot's of threads saying to have saggy springs re-arched or replaced but can't find any pictures with examples of good vs. bad leaf springs?
Since the ride, for now, seems okay I'm not super stressed about this but I will have to be buying new tires before next winter. I am hoping to do 33x10.5 and don't want to run into problems if I've got suspension issues.
I'm slowly learning all the in's and out's and replacing small - inexpensive things here and there (more as learning/practice) but a $1000 bill for new leaf springs will have to be, without a doubt, "a need" not a "want" as the boss - wife, would say.
Thanks again!