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How does an add a leaf add height? and Tip needed...
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laffycaffi
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Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:09 pm
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 How does an add a leaf add height? and Tip needed... Yep, it's another amateur hour question.
I'm installing add-a-leaf's and I'm wrenching down the u-bolts to the axle and watching the steep curvature of the added leaf flatten out as I do it and it has me wondering how it adds 2.5".
My guess is that it just make it more stiff, aka harder to settle down at a lower height. Am I right on this?
Also, any tips for freeing the center pin in the leaf springs. The whole thing just spins. I had to bread the nut and that took forever. For side 2, I'd like to know your secrets.
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Digger
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Re: How does an add a leaf add height? and Tip needed... Besides the thickness of the add-a-leaf, yes it just adds rate to the springs so they don't compress as much. Is it the best way to lift a truck, no, but it's very common.
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ZOSO
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Re: How does an add a leaf add height? and Tip needed... Also make sure it's not installed under the "overload"
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