Front leaf dissection

[skyhigh4by]

I started out with 5 leaf 8" BDS springs. I pulled the bottom 2 from the pack. That resulted in a touch over 3" of drop. They ride really smooth and my shocks are setup with 5" of up travel, sometimes they bottom out and the truck sways a little bit like a lifted jeep (slinky). I'm thinking I would like to put 1 leaf back in just to stiffen it up a tiny bit and maybe get truck sitting 1" higher hopefully no more than that. I don't have the exact measurements right now but for conversation sake let's say the bottom leaf I took out was 10" long and the second leaf was 14". Which one of the 2 is going to have the least effect on height and spring rate if I put it back in?

 

[ryoken]

the shorter...

 

[skyhigh4by]

Is there some sort of theory behind that? Not doubting it just don't know. In theory though the longer leaf should be more flexible just based on leverage should it not?

 

[Deuling]

Shorter would be about the same as doing an ez inch or zero rate from ORD, or DIY4x.

 

[ryoken]

yup.. longer one is increasing the spring rate as it's supporting the other leaves further out...