So how about it? I've got a set of springs I'm thinking of having this done to. I would have about 2" of free arch added. It probably doesn't matter but, they are 4" Skyjacker Soft-rides, 5 leaf pack and a little over 5 yrs old.
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aNYONE HAVE THEIR LIFT SPRINGS REARCHED?
- Thread starter bigjbear
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Wouldn't that make them shorter? 
carpeonnel
1/2 ton status
don't do it. I rearched some springs and they will give you an awful ride
Yep, but they are allready longer than a stock spring, and I'm running a longer shackle, so I doubt that it will be an issue.
Were they lift springs? Was the bad ride on the street?carpeonnel said:
royjones
Trucker upper
Springy
Hay just do it you might like the springs ,I had to use a cumalong to put the bolt back into the end of one end but they worked good
Hay just do it you might like the springs ,I had to use a cumalong to put the bolt back into the end of one end but they worked good
Eric M.
1/2 ton status
jekbrown said:
I gotta agree with that. I did my stock front 1 ton springs twice. Each time they lasted about 6 months and settled right back to their original height.
Eric M.
A while back, I had a broken (stock) main leaf spring, in the front. I considered buying new lift springs, but decided against it because I couldn't get them in the factory Mil-Wrap design......and when mine broke, the Mil-Wrap was the difference between driving it home, and towing it home.
I had two leaves added to a spare front spring pack, and this required re-arching the main leaf. The re-arching generally goes away, as Jekbrown mentioned. However, the extra springs in my pack should minimize this.
In short, re-arching the springs for lift (without adding leaves) is not a permanent solution.
Roy
I had two leaves added to a spare front spring pack, and this required re-arching the main leaf. The re-arching generally goes away, as Jekbrown mentioned. However, the extra springs in my pack should minimize this.
In short, re-arching the springs for lift (without adding leaves) is not a permanent solution.
Roy
