Tacoma Spring refurbishing

Which ones and how many should I use for a 3" lift, guess I'll be having to do some cutting to slap them in mine, so to be a progressive pack where in my pack should I put them?? They are 1/4" thick. When I make it back I'll just,hopefully, take out the center pin and take the three main leafs.

Stoked can't wait to make it back now!!!

 

Lets get our terminology corrected bro'... You only have 2 Main leafs driverside & pass. side & they're the ones with eyelets connecting the leafpack to frame...A progressive spring is thick in the center & tapers down thin to the leaf ends Ours are linear (same thickness end to end)

If your donors are progressive Then I'd strip them down & build off the main spring

 

Ya know, this isn't a slam on the Dakars but for the life of me I don't get the 2nd overload thing, but i have pulled that 2nd overload on a couple trucks & guys seem to like that better after its gone

 

yup, OMD's without Overload leaf.. roughly 350+++ lbs bed weight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlIHOdjeILc

 

But yeah its an easy fix to do while springs are off...

& no signs that they need an overload to compress on either...

 

Right on all counts sir....

 

I'm building another bolt on set of 2nd gen springs if anyone's interested

 

Oops, I was picturing progressive as length, not thickness. The donors are linear as well then. I just have to cut them down to fit my pack accordingly. Think the bottom two leafs A and B can go into my leaf pack 1(eyelet OEM) -A(Chevy leaf closest to overload) - 2 (hook looking OEM) - B(Chevy leaf second up from overload) and remove the overload and achieve 3"? The end result would be 4 leafs total. Should I factor in the main leaf from the Chevy pack, go top to bottom or add leafs from the overload up? Is this more of a trial/error ordeal?

 

How much??

 

Jeeezus Cliff ya lost me at Quote: haha lets see if this works

Ok first off do you have stock leafs ? (2 leaf ) or is it TSB? (3 leaf) I'll wait for response before continuing & I try to config this MOD so theres no real surprises at the same time guys want different amounts of lift/loadrate/etc

 

$350.00 + shipping

 

Whaddya think, Doug?

'93 F100

Funny, because the paint on the Ford leafs was a lot better than the Toyotas.. and the Fords were about 16 years older..

Threw some high temp. engine paint on them, going to diamond cut 'em tomorrow. Thinking I'll keep the two leafs in the Yota pack, and add two fords.
Those Toyota leafs that I'm adding to were off a low mile rig..

 

hahahahaha, I'll keep this simple. 2 leaf 1st gen, no tsb. Which leafs do you think I should add/remove with the whole thing and in what order should they be placed? I don't want an overload.

 

Those Fords have nice ARC, my first build were ford springs awesome results 2 per side will do nicely

I'd add 2 per side as well, you may need to add a 3rd but wait & see how much you gain & yeah dump the overload remember that you have eliptical springs meaning from center pin 1 end will be longer than the other, you'll want to cut 3.5" off each end of donors added but make sure you cut them sequentially

 

Figured I'd pay ya some homage..

Taking a ride to try and find some U-Bolts and steel plate for my U-Bolt flip..

 

Okay Doug it looks like you're the local expert on refurbishing springs, heres one for ya. 09 Prerunner with an identity crisis, thinks it can rock crawl like a 4x4. My truck has 52,000 miles on her and i've been goin out to the desert a few times with it, this last i did was at Orriflame and Canyon Sin Nombre. I came back from that trip with my springs annoyingly squeaking like a mouse. Just TODAY i went out with my buddy to Pine Creek and got on a side trail and did some gnarly hill climbs, half way through i started hearing loud clunks from the rear. Got out of there and checked what was up and saw this:


sooo, needless to say, gonna need some new springs.
Whats my next move?
Can you pm me some prices on how much it would be for some refurbished springs? Thanks Doug

 

Ok non TSB stock leafs with 2nd broke to shit I'm building a set of bolt on 2nd gen springs that'll give approx 3" lift & increased load rate & since you have 5125's in rear no need to change
price will be $350.00 or $475.00 installed the other option is a spring kit which is usually $250.00 but since 1 leaf is broken I'd have to hit you with another $25 needing an extra leaf on each side...

 

Man I am getting super excited to do mine. Well not to do them but when it's done will be nice

 

Thank you for the quick reply. I gotta start saving some cash, cause i cant afford that right now. Those are pretty good prices and i was figuring somewhere around there, unless there's any other options its gonna be a while. I'll be in touch

 

Start salivating , any day now.....

Not many other options really but you're still rolling on broken leafs, not good bro'.... I'll kick you a secondary leaf just so you stay safe if ya want DO NOT OFF ROAD !! you should address this soon tho'..