56" rear spring swap NEW questions. and PICS

[mrdrinksalil]

Hey fellas. Heres a pic of the C30 rear 56's I pulled outa the junkyard yesterday. These suckers are HEAVY. I have a Trazer and wondering how many leaves and which ones to run? I have no bed on my rig and only about 52' of tubing (113lbs). It will be offroad 90% of the time and want it to flex good but still not have ujoint breaking wheelhop when I wanna put the hammer down. Please advise...

 

[mrdrinksalil]

bump... pad.... anyone?.....

 

[muddermilitia]

I think I would pull out those bottom two leafs, the ones that aren't clamped, and go from there. See how you like it, then you cand decide if u want to pull another or add one back

 

[muddybuddy]

pull the bottom 3 out and see how it feels. most people run 5/6 leaves on stock 56's

 

[mrdrinksalil]

yall are always the first to answer my posts. lol. I was thinking of pulling 3 or 4 (im really light out back) and keeping the overload. Keep the overload right? So just pull from the bottom? What about every other leaf? Wheres a good place to get new centerpins and clamps? Or ditch the clamp?

 

[muddermilitia]

I would assume you could get center pins and clamps at your local spring place, if you have one. You can also use grd. 8 allen bolts for centerpins. I don't know what size they are though.

 

[mrdrinksalil]

well, I pulled the packs apart tonight. Im thinking of running 4 leafs plus the overload. I put together the Main leaf, 2nd, 4th, and 6th( one w/ clamp) and then the overload. Hows that sound? Anyone with experience out there?

 

[BGKYK5]

In theory the ends of the leafs should be evenly spaced along each half, so you are probly about right. Dunno about real world experience though - but somebody will have their $.02 to share.

 

[mrdrinksalil]

Ok. So I have a new question. Should I use the spring with the droop limiting brackets? I also ordered some 0.08" thick adhesive backed UHMW to replace the worn out pads. Is that going to be thick enough? (its only going on the ends)