help in taking off leaf springs

[BadBoy]

My 1992 explorer is leaning to the drivers side about a good inch or so i have heard i can just swap the right to the left side spring dose this work will the passengers side lean.

How hard is to take off the springs do i need any spiecal tools.is it hard to put back on how do i make sure the drive axle is lined up right or can it only go on one way.

I might just take the drivers side spring and get it re arced i think it's called that.not sure in spelling.

Thanks

 

[NoBoundaries]

Taking the springs off is not a difficult task (I’ve done it twice). The only thing you'll definitely need is some liquid wrench. Spray everything down well and let it sit.

Then all you need is a breaker bar at worst. I never had to use a breaker bar, but when dealing with some well-weathered nuts and bolts, it may come in handy. I break a ratchet once when taking out one of my shackle bolts, for some reason it was just stubborn. But this a rare problem encountered. You may want to break the nuts with the truck on the ground. When you have it up, the springs will move around and bounce if you try to break them; it works against you. Plus, you don't want your truck shaking around while you have it up and you taking the suspension off.

You won't have to worry about the axle setting in place right. The spring mounts on the axle have housing for the springs' center pin. The center pin will set right into place where it needs to be.

A spring re-arch is an option, but it is just a temporary solution. Reality is that the sag will always be present, no matter what you do. If you do go for a spring re-arch, they will probably give you the price for them to take the springs off and re-arch them. It may save you some money to take the springs of yourself and take them to get re-arched. (Just a note, I haven't had my springs re-arched, so I can't vouch for having it done.)

One thing that I have considered to solve the problem (but have not done) is to place a wedge between the overload spring and the spring pack. This may help with how much sag you get on the driver’s side. It shouldn’t effect the compression of the suspension given the added force the gas tank weight provides during compression. If anything, it may/should even it out.

Good luck and let us know if you have any other questions.

~Tim