[1731]

I am wondering if there is any downside to removing the shortest leaf of a 5 leaf pack?

This is a 3" lift on the rear of a CJ7. It has always sat too high, and I figure just taking 1 leaf out should work. I've attached a pic of removing the 12" leaf.

 

[WILL]

I did that over 2 years ago. Haven't had any problems and took a little sharpness out of bumps.

 

[13337]

I did the same on my fiberglass cj to take the edge off the bumps and it has been 2 years with no sags .

 

[445]

Is your garage a labortory? That floor is way too clean.

BarrelRoll

 

[lomodyj]

Here Andy, you be the Judge, is Matt's (pnut) garage a Lab?

Don't you just want so bad to hate this guy?

 

[CJDave]

Nooooooo.....that is a BETTY CROCKER test kitchen. Oh wait!.....the BC test kitchen is DIRTIER than The-Garage-Of-Peanut.

 

[CJDave]

I'm an experienced leaf spring modifier, and in consultation with my moonguy-in-charge

of suspension issues, here is our take on this situation.

LEAF SPRINGS do have a job to do besides support the Jeep and make it easy on you when you hit a bump, and that is CONTROLLING WINDUP. Since there is no other means of controlling reaction to rear axle torque, the leaf spring takes care of it. The short leaves help transfer the torque to the longer leaves by pressing on them several inches from the center of rotation. If you guys are going to single-out your rear springs and get closer to a mono-leaf system, then maybe you should consider attaching some torque arms on that piggy to help control windup. On the Model 20 axles it would also help those thin tubes last longer.

 

[517]

How about flattening the bottom leaf so that it has less (or no) arch and carries less load? Or flattening just the back end, so it still acts to prevent axle windup, but has half the rate until it contacts the next leaf? A compromise rather than removing it altogether.

 

[Dex]

mee tooo? wondering if it be fun to only take out just on one coner? and how to do it?

 

[Dex]

heck it was pointed out to me on here with pic i posted that i do and havent yet, swaped my front shock mounts, cuz both are aimed forward at bottom. so im still looking to see what the heck gonna happen when i loosen up on spring holder? i very new at jeeps (cj5)