OME CS009R leaf springs removing leafs....

[10ac]

i have a set of one cs009r leaf springs. they may create too much rake for me and a little stiff for my application. they are brand new and going on my 1988 t4r. I'm installing ball joint spacers that measure 1.5" thick. i don't wanna crank torsions if anything ill un crank them a little.
in the rear from reading a little on the springs, they may be more than i need. which leafs can i remove to get them to not be so high of a lift and be a little softer??

thanks y'all.

 

[KidVermicious]

I was going to go look at mine, but it's flippin cold out there so I didn't. If I remember right there's a main leaf, a 3/4 wrap, then two more leafs before the overload. Some OME/Dakar packs have two overloads, I don't remember if the 4Runner pack is? I would start with the next to last leaf, or basically the smallest leaf that isn't the overload.

Stout zip ties are super helpful to keep the rest of the pack together while you slide the leaf you're removing off the pin. Use several, because if they break you might have a bad day.

 

[10ac]

I was going to go look at mine, but it's flippin cold out there so I didn't. If I remember right there's a main leaf, a 3/4 wrap, then two more leafs before the overload. Some OME/Dakar packs have two overloads, I don't remember if the 4Runner pack is? I would start with the next to last leaf, or basically the smallest leaf that isn't the overload.

Stout zip ties are super helpful to keep the rest of the pack together while you slide the leaf you're removing off the pin. Use several, because if they break you might have a bad day.

heres a pic of how many leafs. maybe this will help. how many and which ones?
thanks again!

 

[10ac]

is the overload the 5th leaf down from the top?

 

[KidVermicious]

You've got two overload leafs on the bottom there. I would take out the next leaf up, the 4th one down from the top.

 

[10ac]

You've got two overload leafs on the bottom there. I would take out the next leaf up, the 4th one down from the top.

The 4th doen from the top is the long leaf. Could u call me pls. Ill pm u my number. Thanks

 

[KidVermicious]

Sorry I didn't call, I've been busy and I'm headed to bed shortly.

Looking at the pack as if it was sitting in the truck, the main leaf is on top, the one with the shackle eyes and bushings. The second leaf has the 3/4 wrap around the eyes, then the third and fourth regular leafs after that. On the bottom are the two really thick overload leafs. If I was going to pull one of those to relax the pack, I'd start with the shortest regular leaf, four from the top, just above the overload leafs.

 

[10ac]

Sorry I didn't call, I've been busy and I'm headed to bed shortly.

Looking at the pack as if it was sitting in the truck, the main leaf is on top, the one with the shackle eyes and bushings. The second leaf has the 3/4 wrap around the eyes, then the third and fourth regular leafs after that. On the bottom are the two really thick overload leafs. If I was going to pull one of those to relax the pack, I'd start with the shortest regular leaf, four from the top, just above the overload leafs.

hey. no prob bud. so i called arb and spoke to a tech. he said pull the 3rd leaf. reason was because the leaf aligning braces that keeps the leafs together is attached to that one and there are 2 of those leaf braces on one end. so i pulled the 3rd and that still left one leaf aligning braces on both ends.
so did the entire lift with new shocks and did some adjusting on the torsions. I'm overall happy but i should have left the leafs alone. now it sits a little too low in rear! hahaha.
tomorrows job is now to add the leaf back in. should have left it alone.but other than that, I'm happy and my ride is so much better than before. it was riding terrible before. i took a buch pics and will post them on my thread "finally found a first gen t4r"
so anyways i do appreciate all your help as well as everyone here on the forum that helped me out.

HAPPY NEW YEARS TO EVERYONE!!!:guitar3:

 

[airdreams1]

if you want to help break those leaf springs in. Get a bunch of bags of sand or whatever you can and add at least five hundred plus pounds to the back and leave it there for a few weeks. It will definitely help break them in and make them much softer. Mine went from about a 5 inch lift to about 3.5 inches. Still way taller in the back than the front with the one and a half inch ball joint spacers

 

[10ac]

if you want to help break those leaf springs in. Get a bunch of bags of sand or whatever you can and add at least five hundred plus pounds to the back and leave it there for a few weeks. It will definitely help break them in and make them much softer. Mine went from about a 5 inch lift to about 3.5 inches. Still way taller in the back than the front with the one and a half inch ball joint spacers

i have 405 punds of raw steel weight on a palklet in back now. been about week now. gonna mob it a little more for another week. hope that helps. so far they are a big waste of money! might as well weld my axle to the frame! lol

 

[airdreams1]

After about 2 weeks with roughly four to five hundred pounds and mine the shackle went from pointing forward towards the axle to slightly back. Vehicle drop roughly 1 inch. Now that winter is here I have had between 4 and 600 pounds worth of sand in the back end and I think it's helped quite a bit. But yeah they are extremely stiff when they are new but from what I hear if you would have bought Rough Country, trail gear, or something like that they would have been 10 times worse.

 

[joeynational]

Good info, sorry you don't like em. Did you ever put up those pics i havent seen em?

 

[10ac]

Good info, sorry you don't like em. Did you ever put up those pics i havent seen em?

well hopefully they do soften up.
what pics? sorry i can't remember.

 

[joeynational]

These pics

hey. no prob bud. so i called arb and spoke to a tech. he said pull the 3rd leaf. reason was because the leaf aligning braces that keeps the leafs together is attached to that one and there are 2 of those leaf braces on one end. so i pulled the 3rd and that still left one leaf aligning braces on both ends.
so did the entire lift with new shocks and did some adjusting on the torsions. I'm overall happy but i should have left the leafs alone. now it sits a little too low in rear! hahaha.
tomorrows job is now to add the leaf back in. should have left it alone.but other than that, I'm happy and my ride is so much better than before. it was riding terrible before. i took a buch pics and will post them on my thread "finally found a first gen t4r"
so anyways i do appreciate all your help as well as everyone here on the forum that helped me out.

HAPPY NEW YEARS TO EVERYONE!!!:guitar3:

 

[10ac]

These pics

i did post some pics of my building in my thread

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/classic-t4rs/230241-finally-got-1st-gen-toyota-4runner.html

i will be posting more pics soon when all this rain clears. i added new wheels and mt tires.