Sagging Alcan 8-Leaf pack? Opinions wanted

With all due respect Charles is full of shit, I put 2 Ford springs under each side of my stock springs, have beat the hell out of them for a few months now & haven't lost any arc.... sorry for your issues on the Alcans....


My springs as of this past Monday on desert run, not great pic but you can clearly see my arc is fine & thats with 5 leafs

 

Has anyone tried the all pro 8 leaf??? I heard it was better than the alcans and its cheaper, trying to decide which one to get

 

What ford springs did you use?

 

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This sucks. Was all ready to order a 5 leaf spring kit of Alcan.. Need to do a little more reading.

 

It was off of either late 80's or early 90's Ranger, using the stock 3 leaf config. I shortened the 2 leafs (off ranger) by about 7.5 inches, leaving the longer leaf 40.5" & the shorter one 33" respectively

 

That is crap, lesson learned for the rest of us, don't buy Alcan springs.

 

Aren't the All-Pros an 11-leaf pack? I wonder how durable, non-sag resistant these are? At least they come with a 1-yr warranty.

 

i would send them back dude they are only a year old? how is an 8 leaf sagging already with light to moderate use in that amount of time???

idk what you could do to fix them but, it seems like it may be a defect of some sort in there heating and or arching of the leaf pack or maybe even a defect with the steel that they used.

i would call them back bro how much did those run you new? i don't think they are cheap.

 

i have heard very good things about the expedition leaf pack. i'm not sure if it would work for you but the dakars are solid as shit many people run them with out any problems like this...

 

wow thats awesome so you constructed your own leaf pack!

the ford spring are nice i had a 1989 ranger 4x4 that had original springs in the rear and the truck had over 200k on it and they where perfect. idk why why toyota can't make springs that are that tough lol. looks like you solved that issue though kudos to you

 

idk if the OP is still in this convo but is this the leaf pack you have? was looking at it just now

 

Old thread I know, but I'm curious.....how has this held up? I just ordered a set today....

 

My new set has held up great. But as you can tell from the thread, the bottom 5 leaves of the leaf spring set are thicker than the original ones they sent me. I hope you get a set that has the thicker bottom leaves.

 

Yeah I hope so too. I sent this thread to JohnnyK. and hopefully he will say if Alcan has been shipping out thicker springs or not. Thanks for updating this thread.

 

Thats BS man! That's was a brand new pack and should have never happened! That much negatice arch is NOT normal!

I got there 3 leaf AAL and it sagged and buttoms out after less than a year. I'm not liking the quality of Alcan/Wheelers leafs!

 

Do you carry a heavy load daily or is the bed empty?

 

ΔΔ Who me? Empty bed 99% of the time! Probably off road half a dozen times and loaded the truck with light to med load 3-4 times in that year!

 

Sorry to hear this but what moron thinks a leaf pack that gives lift is going to not have positive arch? had my skyjacker 4pack leaves for 2 years and they are the same as the day i got them....wish i had heavier duty ones though...my 4 wheeler makes me do wheelies hah

 

If you truly want springs that last, you do one of two things.

1) Build your own leaf packs from salvaged Ford or Chevy springs as 4WD suggests.

2) Go to a local professional spring shop. Tell them what you want and they build them to your specs, lift, load carry. They build springs for Mack trucks, don't you think they can build ones for Tacomas?

 

Well crap. I hope I didn't make the wrong decision then.