Tacoma Spring refurbishing

Yeah they'd be fine to get you by, but I wouldn't make it permanent

 

15 pack? Ohh yeah duh 2015 haha not 15 leaf

 

2015, he's got a pack from a '15 Tacoma

 

2015 pack i think

 

I think using a 2015 pack is probably going to be the same as the recall springs

 

Yeah haha I edited the post befoRe I saw your response duh

 

yeah, I purchase the 2015 leaf packs with 10,000 miles on them .I think they will be fine.

 

Hey guys I have a question about a 1st gen spring rebuild I did about three years ago using OMD methodology.

I used two 94 chevy 2500 leaves as donors and kept my main toyota spring as well as the one just below it with the curled up tip at the front. Fast forward three years and the rebuilt pack is still holding an arch quite well, with a bit of sag in the front of the toyota leafs where they extend past the chevy ones.

My question is: if I remove the lower toyota leaf and replace with a chevy leaf of the same length, will I have to bend the tip of it around the eyelet of the above toyota leaf? Is there a safety function of this bent tip? The resulting leaf combination would be from top to bottom: Toyota, Chevy, Chevy, Chevy. Or is it preferable to maintain two toyota leafs on 1st gen packs? Thoughts?

I realize this was likely mentioned earlier in this thread but 146 pages is a lot to sort through. (This picture isn't of my truck BTW)

Thanks!

 

I'm doing this soon, wish me luck Doug
Within the next couple of weeks

 

This is what I would do if I had '15s.

 

Sub

 

Doug you never pm me back. I'm still waiting for those squeak lads and bottom leaf springs you said you'd mail over the original 9 month wait for the 6, going on 15 months now for the rest of my package. Hit me up..

 

Will 52" leaf springs from a Silverado 1500 fit for 1st gen?

 

If they're the same width just cut them to fit

 

@ahspurlock @Acerwin

 

Question.

I currently have OEM 3 leaf springs on my truck with a wheelers 3 leaf HD add a leaf. The OEM springs have 75k miles on them and the add a leaf has about 15k miles on it. With the 3" lift in the front, the truck sits level. Surprisingly, the spring pack doesnt show the typical flattening/de-arching Tacoma springs are known for.

Recently, a pair of brand new 4 leaf TSB leaf springs popped up for sale on Craigslist for 100$. Question is, are the TSB springs worth the 100$ price? My truck is too old to have the TSB done by the dealership, which I would have liked to have had done.

I was looking to lift the rear of the truck about 1" and many have suggested swapping out the 3 leaf spring for a set of the 4 leaf TSB springs.

So, do I keep hunting the local junkyards for a pair of springs to build a custom spring pack out of (probably spend anywhere between 25$-75$ on used parts) or pull the trigger on the TSB springs and add my Wheelers 3 leaf add a leaf to them?

Cheers.

 

Bueller?

 

I say find good steel and build on your top leaf or two.
Forget any Toyota springs. Tsb or not

 

dodged again.

 

I think Doug hates you.