Stock leaf spring question

Hi there everyone. This is my first post, but long time reader of the site. I couldn't really find the exact answer I was looking for through extensive research throughout this and other forums, so I decided I needed to join up and ask yall.

My question is this, well I actually have several but the most important one is how to know if my non TSB rear leaves are wore out. They are basically straight, but on the drivers side with a full tank of fuel and nothing in the bed I am looking at a slightly reverse curve.



I hope this picture is good enough. It is tough to get a straight down the leaf shot with both shackles in for reference. Thank for any help and sorry it is such a long post.

 

Leafs are sucking wind. Need to know if you have a lift. guessing not with that leaf pack. Look at wheelers offroad for stock height leaf packs. I say this because the leaf pack you currently have needs to be recycled. And it looks like a Off Road not a Sport with no TSB. Oh and I hate Kansas. I from Iowa. I hate Iowa to.

 

The truck is bone stock from what I can tell no lift on front or back, the sticker on side says Sport and I have the LSD. Thanks for confirming what I was thinking with the leaf springs being worn out.

I have been hearing good things about dakars on here and was wondering about those and 5100s up front, just was wondering how much lift I would be adding to the truck in the back end if these have already sagged and then I put on the 2.75" that the dakar would bring me.

What do yall think dakars and 5100s up front and hope for not too much rake?

P.S. and Kansas does suck...the land where you can watch your dog run away from home for three days

 

Your truck could be a Sport if SB and a skewp. Several guys do the 5100's and Dakars or AAL. Just left Kansas enroute to vacation. Not sure I'd want to live there, but nice area with good people on our travels. Bugs covered the truck LOL.

 

I don't see trd shocks. Doesn't mean much though, could have been replaced. You should pull the vin up on toyota to see what the truck came with from the factory.

 

You're not joking about the bugs lol. Grasshoppers in particular hate riding my motorcycle with them buggers all over the road.

Any thoughts on whether or not an aal will work, or are my leaf springs too far gone for that, and I just need to replace the whole spring pack with dakars. I'm thinking that an aal will help but not for long so I'm probably better off spending the extra money and doing new spring packs all together.

 

sounds like you know what too do.