To anyone who installed an all pro leaf springs

So I've been trying to put in my leaf spring pack ( all pro standard) , and no matter which way I jack the axle up or down, it seems to be exactly 1 inch to long to hit the 2nd bolt. Any ideas?

 

pry bar

 

O.0 for real?

 

yeah really your that close

 

Does the other side fit or is this the first side you've tried?

 

The other side is the exact same issue they both nearly identical in distance

 

If it looks like the shackle can pivot more on the leaf spring, I'd try either a pry bar or a rubber mallet. It looks very close. What about trying to drop the shackle straight down into the mount. Hope that makes sense?

 

The shackle is actually maxed out hitting against the leaf spring, and as for dropping it in that's what I attempted but it's as if the leaf spring isn't compressed enough so it's too long or too far passed the hole.

And there is where my frustration is heh...

I appreciate the help though guys thanks, any ideas let me know I'm scratching my head here

 

Check out about halfway down in this post. Bottle jack method.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ar-brake-lines-with-pics.115775/#post-2224677

 

do you have it set on the axle with u bots installed? if so remove them

 

Unfortunately that didnt work for me, I needed to make it shorter in length not longer. Unless I'm not reading it right.

And yup no ubolts attached or I probably wouldn't have gotten this close

 

Assuming that you have the right spring packs for your application...I remember the installation being a bit of grunt work when I installed them in my 1st gen.

A friend helped me; that makes it way easier.

What we did; my friend "wiggled" the axle up/down and back/foward with a floor jack (obviously the truck was on very tall jack stands by the frame) while I removed the old leaf packs and installed the new ones. It was a dance between my friend maneuvering the axle and me lining the leaf pack in its location.

Tip: working on one side at a time makes life easier!

We didn't need to do the "jack bottle method" mentioned above. Just work on one side at a time. Attach the front bolt only (leave it loose), then attach the leaf pack to the axle with the u-bolts. The weight of the axle will stretch/compress the leaf pack as you wiggle it with the floor jack.

I did use a pry bar to line up the holes.

It was actually an easy job with two people.

 

did you try installing it from the end you having problems with first the the front side

 

At this point if anyone in the San Diego area has some time tomorrow to help me out that would be greatly appreciated and I got you on a case of whatever beer you like.

Thanks for the help guys, I'm trying everything you guys are throwing at me

 

I'll give that a shot tomorrow if I can grab someone to help me out

 

And yea ha, that was the first thing I did although it was alot worse of trying from the back forward.

 

I figured that. I know the front always goes in first. but thought it might help

 

I actually think installing it front the front and then the shackle end last with the method I described above is the way to go...Well, at least in a 1st gen.

The issue is that the spring pack needs to be compressed/stretched no matter what for the holes to align. That's the issue!

 

the first gens have different shackles.

 

So it is not a shackle that moves back and forward?