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Was under my truck earlier and I got to looking at my front leaf springs. Snapped some pics. The rear of both springs don't look right to me. Why is there such a gap between the springs and the bushings? Worn out bushings or something else? No problems with steering or driving and rides good. Wish I had another truck around to see what it looks like. Can anyone clue me in on this?
Look fine to me, the bushing sppears to be present and pressed into the spring or it would be visibly sagging significantly. I believe you're referring to the military wrap on the second leaf. The purpose is if the main leaf breaks you do not have a catastrophic failure and can limp it home with the leaf just being sloppy around the bolt.
I'm not trying to hijack or anything but this thread had me wondering about my truck's rear springs- mainly the ones that don't look attached to anything
The top leaf pack is only attached by the ubolts it seems
Those are added "overload" springs.
Unloaded, they don't do anything, as you see - so your ride isn't (as) harsh.
Put a heavy load on the truck(at least a full ton, or a decent camper), and it'll squat down till it touches those springs, at which point it's like having a /much/ stronger spring set in the truck.
