Silverado Leaf springs

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texinteg

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Location

PA

• Nov 8, 2005

• #1

Hey this might be a stupid question but has anyone ever used leaf springs out of a newer silverado to make a bastard leaf pack with a xj main leaf? The reason I am asking is because I have a set of leafs out of a 2005 C1500
with only 9,000 miles on them. I work for a Chevy Dealer so I got them for free because the customer complained that the bushings made noise. Any help would be great. Thanks

Nick

 

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Littlewhitexj

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Location

Cadillac MI

• Nov 8, 2005

• #2

my sis used some silverado springs as AALs, She got about 2" of lift and it does not ride bad at all. I dont know exatly what springs she used though...

 

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texinteg

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Location

PA

• Nov 8, 2005

• #3

I know they will be stiffer than stock but thats what I am looking for. I am trying to get about 4 inches of lift out of them. I am still at work so I cant start tearing them apart yet.

 

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2xtreme

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Location

Kayak Pt, WA

• Nov 8, 2005

• #4

How long are they eye to eye?

A full set of Dodge 1500 springs will get you about 5" of lift and they might be similar (57" off the top of my head, maybe it is 60", not possitive). However with the longer springs you will need to re-mount the front and possibly the rear of the spring, probably use longer shackles and keep the centering pin in the correct location for your axle.

There are a few write ups on useing longer springs (both Dodge and Chevy I believe) searching a few might help you out there.

Michael

 

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texinteg

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Location

PA

• Nov 8, 2005

• #5

I was planning on using my stock main leaf and adding the other leafs from the silverado.

 

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LazarusMJ

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Location

New Hampshire

• Nov 8, 2005

• #6

texinteg said:

I was planning on using my stock main leaf and adding the other leafs from the silverado.

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If you do, take some pics and include a write-up. It would be interesting to see if it works out well. Good luck.

 

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texinteg

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Location

PA

• Nov 8, 2005

• #7

There is already a good write up on this site. But I will try to take some pics and write something up.

 

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texinteg

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Location

PA

• Nov 8, 2005

• #8

Well I went out on my lunch break and looked at the leaves. They are about 4 inches longer then the stock leaves. There is only three leaves per pack. One main leaf, then a regular leaf, then the overload. I am gonna try to use the regular leaf as an AAL and see how much lift I get. They arent as stiff as I thought they would be.

 

Ramsey

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Location

Shreveport, LA

• Nov 8, 2005

• #9

how wide are they?

 

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BoneDaddy

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Location

Shelbyville, Ky.

• Nov 8, 2005

• #10

The Silverado springs are 63.5" from eye to eye and 2.5" wide. I saw a couple people ask so I went out to the garage and measured the ones on my truck.