katugly
1/2 ton status
As the title says.
The rears look fine it’s just the fronts look goofy to me for some reason.
The rears look fine it’s just the fronts look goofy to me for some reason.
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Are the Leafs suppost to look like this? Pics
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YZEATER
1/2 ton status
normal.
katugly
1/2 ton status
Ok just thought it was weird they had a negative arch in them and I had honestly never seen any others to compare.
lectric80
3/4 ton status
Pretty much all Blazers and I believe 1/2 ton trucks have reverse arced springs. At least until the saggy butt syndrome finally flips them.
LOGANSTANFORTH
1/2 ton status
ive seen 3/4 and 1 ton trucks with them like that....
YZEATER
1/2 ton status
yup, 30 year old trucks that had a hard life and some with plows.
75GmcJimmy4x4
1/2 ton status
mine are flat..... like a 2x4 and the p/o put coil over shocks on the front ... rode like a buckboard when i got it
rjpastor
1/2 ton status
My stock springs looked like that. When I put a 4in. lift on it, I got 6 in. of lift. I'm waiting for them to settle (or does anyone have a winch and bumper cheap?)
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Mine are like that IIRC. So could I flip the spring to achieve a cheap front lift?
MattK
1/2 ton status
I would scoop some springs from a Cheyenne or Scottsdale model truck. They will have the front 3 leaf packs that haven't negatively arched with time.
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Good point....thanks. I figure on a lift anyways. But a penny pincher would be to find these springs...
YZEATER
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they are arched like that from being wore out. you can't flip the main leaf anyway, the eyes would be on the wrong side.
American84K5
1/2 ton status
Mine used to be flat, went flexing around a few months ago and now they have negative arch's to them. 
Stomis
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Not to mention my logic would make me thing the sudden flip in stress would cause them to crack.
Oh heck no! You could potentially flip the second leaf, but not the main. I expect that with the weight off of them the arch wouldn't be negative anyway. So you might flip the second leaf and end up with the truck lower
But there's no reason you can't add leafs to the pack for a little lift. When you're adding them in the length isn't even that critical. You can use stuff from almost any make.
You are wrong about that. The stock front springs on blazers are made like that from the factory.
YZEATER
1/2 ton status
either way who cares. they all end up that way and sag.
Who cares you ask, how about someone that's looking for the correct info.
YZEATER
1/2 ton status
ya, i said normal in the first post, so what is more correct then that.
wtf are we arguing about this for? stock, wore out junk front springs.
wtf are we arguing about this for? stock, wore out junk front springs.
