HOW TO SOFTEN UP THE ROUGH RIDE ON YOUR NEWLY LIFTED TRUCK CUT THE LEAF SPRINGS! 

Separate springs from axle, remove the center bolt that holds the leaves in place. Remove the short Springs as desired. Replace with a 1 inch lift block from Summit racing. No need to cut your springs.

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For others trying this, be sure to wedge a gap with a screwdriver between the top of the leaf you're cutting and the rest of the spring, then put a scrap piece of steel in the gap to protect against damage. It looks like this spring got nicked, which can cause leaf failure due to corrosion and stress concentrating at the cut. The cut leaves should have more stagger in their lengths, with the bottom one so short it's just a spacer. That will make it easier to wedge the scrap piece in, will prevent concentrating too much bend stress over a short area of the remaining leaves as they flex, and will keep a longer "lever" to prevent axle wrap/hop during torque from acceleration or braking. It won't retain much more spring rate than closely spaced cuts, but will control the axle much better. Sure, there's 8 leaves, but for a given amount of spring rate, they aren't individually as thick and resistant to "S curving" as the original 2 probably were.

Cut through all the leafs for max ride quality, am I doing it right?

I did this 25 years ago on my Suburban diesel 4 by 4. I swear they were 1 ton front springs. Truck was only 1/2 ton. Can't remember how many I cut off but it never made a drop to be concerned with but it actually absorbed a bump or two once in awhile after that. Just did the same to the back springs on a 59 Oldsmobile today. Guy I bought it from put new springs in and it rides like a 3/4 ton International.. just looking on here to see how far I should go. LOL

Finally , the answer that no shop could/would tell me.

Kenny, I can't thank you enough for this video! I upgraded my leaf springs on my Jeep XJ to what 4 wheel parts reamended and it drove just as you described yours. They were eight leaf heavy duty 5.5 inch lift (which is what my jeep already was lifted to) and I took them back and exchanged them for the 4.5 inch lift that is six leaf. This was an improvement but still really disappointing ride for having spent so much money on new springs. So after putting up with them for almost two months I decided to cut the first two leaf's today. The difference is absolutely amazing! It drives like I have suspension again and much improved shock travel. Very happy with the results. Thanks again!

My last truck had stock springs and 37s. The bumper and fenders were cut by the previous owner. Still scrubbed a little on hard turns on bumps so I put those leafs from Amazon you were talking about on it. Best damn riding truck I've ever had. It got stolen :(. My replacement has a 6inch lift with 35s. Of pavement is miserable. I will be doing this. Thanks.

Will probably need to add a traction bar for the axle wrapping if don’t already have one

Thanks Kenny, I will try this in my 1974 jeep J10 with a 4 9nch lift that rides very hard

Amazing video man ❤️ I am building Nissan k260 and also lifted it by switching leafs from under the axle to top of the axle . But control rod is blocked by bottom leafes so this maybe could help i need to check it up

Try just buying a Quilty spring. I put a set of 6" skyjacker soft ride springs on the front of a big block suburban and was very happy with the ride. Those springs you have there look like mounsters.

Would've probably been better off doing blocks on stock springs at that point. You essentially cut all of the tension out of the bottom packs. Same ultimate principle and achieves the same thing. Would be smart to wedge some steel in between the leaf your cutting and the next so you don't nick your leaf

Hello kenny 👋 , I have toyota hilux with 4 stock leaf springs, it rides like hell Can I remove one from the stack Waiting for your reply

Ummmmm, now the axle wrap will be scary. Off road tire hop will be brutal. Show us the springs in a year or 2... You can soften the ride by taking the stack apart and re-arcing (less arc) at the ends

I'm planning on doing this to my truck. The rear has heavy duty springs as it was used as a towing work truck. The rear is a little taller than the front so I don't mind losing an inch of height. Did you lift the truck up while cutting the springs or just on the floor? Also, over time how did they do? Did they start to sag or anything ?

I quite understood that quantifiable Grauel

If you cut leafs then can't standard load on the truck

I should probably do this as my truck shakes so darn bad with the 4” lift on my 91 f350 when going over pot holes that the stick shift starts freaking out bouncing around then the whole truck just keeps shaking until I come to a stop

I tried this, def took most of the firmness out of the front end but now my steering is extremely loose with 0 resistance. Almost had a couple wrecks. Front end floats and its hard to control. I now have almost 12 inches of free play in the steering wheel. I need a new lift kit for the front now.

Yeah but also add airbags too it that will help with the lose of height

So in a way it’s the same as blocking it up?

I can definitely see this softening the ride for sure, but it will also not allow you to haul as much weight in your bed. It's a toss up I guess... Softer ride or don't haul anything heavy.

Thank you this helped me a lot ! Im going to put sliders on mine also , it should ride like a caddy then !

Im glad I found this video. I just put on a new leaf pack for my Nissan Frontier and they said they were 3-4 lift, well once in it turned out to be 6". I am going to ask the self supplier if I can do this mod. Its a pain taking off the leafs. this would be good. Once you did this I assume the lift went down?

Interesting.... My 8 inch lifted F150 is starting to ride very VERY stiff.. adding a sand bag in the rear does help, but I think cutting it just like here is the way to go!

I'm going to give this a shot before buying new springs

Looks like you have 1 ton spring set up the 2 leavs half ton set up

Did you notice any increase in body roll or does your antisway bar take care of that? Thanks for the video.

I can't wrap my head around wanting to lift any vehicle that stays on the highway?

i got dizzy counting the leaves lol. i have 3 in my f150, and im getting rid of one, i just want it to be comfortable

Not trying to be rude but why not just adjust your shackle angle or adjust shackle location? Cutting your springs is crazy. You could have just bought the pack made for your vehicle weight.🤕

Can you provide and update one year later?

Hi mate, any reason why you didn't take out some of the leafs out of the pack instead of shortening?

Sulastics shackles seem to be the new way to gain ride qaulity

Did this affect stability at highway speeds, by any chance?

Hope it won't crack out there

LOL, you are going to break your leafs doing this, especially if you really start working your suspension!

I bet you have axle wrap now

You did the lift wrong. Just use stock springs and longer shackles

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Could this still work for the stock rear?

I can see the concept alittle sketchy.. I guess if you measure and cut each side 10000% exact or you be unevenly daunting around

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Well, you just destroyed the integrity of those leaf springs being able to hold the capacity load at its rated for. But I'm sure you already know that because I'm sure a lot of people already posted that

This is definitely not fucking dangerous. Lmao.

If you cut them it will lower the truck