Reverse eye springs
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Reverse eye springs
I'm going to replace the leaf springs on my truck since they are shot. I've been looking at the reverse eye main springs which go for about $100 each. Has anyone installed these and can you use your leaf spring pack with this spring. How much does the reverse eye lower the truck from stock?
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You can purchase an entire pack of leaves with a reverse eye main or just the main as I did. Make sure you get the main leaf replacement not the monoleaf. The reverse eye is good for about 1.5"
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Originally Posted by Christopher2
You can purchase an entire pack of leaves with a reverse eye main or just the main as I did. Make sure you get the main leaf replacement not the monoleaf. The reverse eye is good for about 1.5"
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A second option is to take the main leaves to a spring shop and they can readily re arch the original main leaf in the opposite direction resulting in a reversed eye spring. Should be cheaper than new main leaves. That is my plan for my 49 F-1
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49- That might work if your springs are in good shape. The front of my leaf springs with the truck on the ground are flat, and almost bending the opposite direction. I need new ones. I got a price of $65 each for the main spring with reverse eyes. I think it may cost that much to have reverse eyes made, and then you also have the risk of the spring breaking on you.
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Back in the day when raising a car up was thought to give weight transfer at the drags, I have reversed/re-arched spring leaves by laying it across the side of a section of 12" I-beam that we kept around as an anvil, and hammering with a 4# maul in the middle between the support points. You need to have patience and keep working the full length of the leaf a little at a time, It may take an hour or more but it will work. I'd trace the leaf with chaulk on the floor so I could check my progress and evenness. Be careful that the leaf is not angled across the I-beam or you'll build in a twist.
PS: If anyone decides to try this be sure to wear hearing protection, it's VERY noisy!
PS: If anyone decides to try this be sure to wear hearing protection, it's VERY noisy!
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