This is wrong, right?

You appear to be correct. I also have the older HS 3-leaf AAL and I had to grind off the rivet that held the factory clamp in place.

You appear to be correct. I also have the older HS 3-leaf AAL and I had to grind off the rivet that held the factory clamp in place.

 

And at least one of those guys was smart enough to dump his property in NH 3-4 years ago.

For more reasons than salt, but that's a story for a different day.

So yea. I get it. And I still say you need to get ahead of the problem. A 5yo Tacoma with that much rust on the leaf springs does not bode well for the frame life.

 

Headstrong messaged me and confirmed that clip should have been ground off.

Thank you everyone that chimed in. Now to look for a shop that will fix it...

 

Can he not read. I’ll assume he had the instructions.

 

He had them but I’m guessing he couldn’t be bothered.