are my springs bad

[DansGreyMj]

to the rear of my leafs there is about a 3/16" gap between the topleaf and the one below it, and how many leafs are in a pck cuz mine has 4 not including the 3" short AAL

[Eagle]

Measure from the center of the hubcap straight up to the bottom edge of the flare. The dimension should be about 20-1/2". If you're within a half inch of that either way, your springs are okay.

 

[EDIT]Where's that dunce smiley again? I just realized this is a lifted truck, so the 20-1/2" dimension doesn't apply. You wrote AAL but I was thinking of the factory overload leaf. Yeah a gap like that is pretty common when you use a short AAL to bend the spring into an unnatural shape. I would strongly advise you to find some way to get rid of the short AAL, it isn't helping your springs at all.

[DansGreyMj]

would a long aal have the same effect

[Pete M]

You're right, we don't have a dunce smiley. If anyone sees it out in cyberspace, lemme know where so I can assimilate it.

[jage]

...........or............. ...........or.............

[GirsMJ86]

i also found one that has buck teeth and a really stupid look on his face.

 

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alex

[Pete M]

I'm looking for one in particular. Hard to explain but I'll know it when I see it.

[Eagle]

Back to the original problem (thereby neatly sidestepping the myriad reminders of my brain pharte) -- a full-length AAL is much less injurious to the springs than the shorties.

[feerocknok]

My springs seem fine and they have that gap.

[Oizarod115]

i saw a dunce smiley that was all white with a white cone on the head and looked sorta like a ghost costume maybe we should use that one! :nuts:

juust kiddin.

[jage]

Speaking of which I see USA I see Canada.... WTH is the rebel flag? :D

[87manche]

I've got a long AAL in the rear of my MJ, I don't have the gap, and the sprigs seem none the worse. It doesn't flex for crap though. I think I'm going spring over in the rear next summer and going back to stock spring packs.