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Old Apr 14, 2013 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by xjoutsider
Watch the S-10 you get the leaf pack from. I got mine form a ZR2 offroad edtion S-10. I used a Dodge fullsize van main leaf and all three leafs(No overload) form the S-10 I ended uo with 7 inchs of lift it still has not settled and its been a year and a half.
You got a picture of your leaf packs and the order you used? I actually bought an s10 pack and a ZR2 pack when i was doing mine, but decided against using the ZR2 pack because of the offset of the eye on one end. Looked like the end of the leaf wouldnt end right under the eyes of my main leaf.
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Old Apr 14, 2013 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by peter93xj
Thank you. Still in the process of building her as funds permit
Yea, I feel ya
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Old Apr 14, 2013 | 06:26 PM
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Ill get a full pick next time I have the wheel off. It is dodge vans main s10 pack in order main + the other 2 leafs. I had to remove about 3 inches form the front of the spring after I cut the eye off.
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by xjoutsider
Ill get a full pick next time I have the wheel off. It is dodge vans main s10 pack in order main + the other 2 leafs. I had to remove about 3 inches form the front of the spring after I cut the eye off.
That's awesome! How do you like them spring clamps? Do they slide down to the u bolts or limit the flex?
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 06:57 AM
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It's ride like an truck but not rough. Those spring clamps don't really allow for flex as much as I would like. The s-10 had riveted style clap built Into the pack. I should have kept those on there and just modified them. Hind site is 20/20 though. Right now the front is sitting at 5 inch s of lift. If have my 31inch spare. 100lb of tools and 2 Dana 30 and a Dana 44 it rides level.
Future plan is to lower it to about 5 inches the plan is to get some Durango springs and mix and match the 3 packs together. May be a shackle relocation bracket. So the boomerang shackle clears better.

So future lift wll be .5 spring Perch + 1.5 shackle relocation + 3 inch spring

This will give the lift I want with a realitivly flat Leaf pack which will be better flexing.
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Old Apr 15, 2013 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by xjoutsider
It's ride like an truck but not rough. Those spring clamps don't really allow for flex as much as I would like. The s-10 had riveted style clap built Into the pack. I should have kept those on there and just modified them. Hind site is 20/20 though. Right now the front is sitting at 5 inch s of lift. If have my 31inch spare. 100lb of tools and 2 Dana 30 and a Dana 44 it rides level.
Future plan is to lower it to about 5 inches the plan is to get some Durango springs and mix and match the 3 packs together. May be a shackle relocation bracket. So the boomerang shackle clears better.

So future lift wll be .5 spring Perch + 1.5 shackle relocation + 3 inch spring

This will give the lift I want with a realitivly flat Leaf pack which will be better flexing.
My s10 packs only had one spring clamp and it wouldn't work (it was Wierd, not like the normal s10 clamps) so I fringed it off and tack welded a clamp that will work, I made sure the leaf spring stayed cool so it wouldn't ruin it, I hope it works good
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