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Leaf springs on upside down?

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Jun 7, 2021 at 9:17 AM

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Yeah, the smaller overload spring should be at the bottom on the axle. What happened?

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What the hell, who installed those ?

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Me, seeing the thread title - "There's no way someone managed to install leafs upside down."

Me, clicking into the thread and seeing the pics -

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Looks like the bump stops missing as well?

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I thought everyone did this.
Once you see the frown, just turn em upside down.

Looks like just the overload spring was put on top of the pack? Springs look like they have arch.

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What do they look like at the front mount?

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Matic said: ↑

Looks like just the overload spring was put on top of the pack? Springs look like they have arch.
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Looks to be the case

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EatSleepTacos said: ↑

Me, seeing the thread title - "There's no way someone managed to install leafs upside down."

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This.

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Yeah that’s what I thought I just wanted somebody else to see it to make sure ,when I bought this thing I knew it was going to be a project been spending most of my time under the hood hadn’t got to the back part till today it’s OK just another thing to fix on my project Tacoma Upside down or not those leaves are shot so I’ll get some new ones and probably whatever else needs back there thanks for the input ,

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I had that same look when I noticed it this morning but I already ordered a new set and I’ll make sure I put them on right and hopefully it’ll ride a little better than it does now

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