Front Coil Spring help please

[GMJimmy]

I took the front springs out of my 68 C10 swb because the stance was un equal left and right and who ever put them in cut them with a torch. They seem to be pretty close to the same length 12-1/4 inches but the right side spring looks a little different near the cut and appears to be flatter. Hard to understand without pics but I'm going to replace them anyway.

QUESTION IS with what? Measured from the floor to the bottom edge of the fender this truck sat at 27-1/4 on the left and 26-1/4 on the right. What I'm trying to figure out is what springs do I buy? It has Russell drop spindles but I don't know how much they drop and I can't find any info on the spindles at all. Basically Russell drop spindles don't exist??? Anyway if anyone could give me measurements of their drop springs and possibly some measurements from the bottom of the spindle where it sits on the lower ball joint to the center line of the spindle it would really help me figure out what I need to do.
Thanks in advance!!!
Jim

[Possmguts]

Ill measure my 2.5" drop tomorrow when I'm out there. I would think if you have drop spindles they would be 2.5" though

[GMJimmy]

Originally Posted by Possmguts

Ill measure my 2.5" drop tomorrow when I'm out there. I would think if you have drop spindles they would be 2.5" though

Thank Youuuuuuu! I really appreciate any help you can give me.
Jim

[cdowns]

d chevy trucks have the chevy lean in about 99% of them the only way to solve it is by havin a frame shop work on it and that is at best a temporary fix for the lean

[GMJimmy]

Ok so I measured the springs I took out and free height is 12-1/4 inches and the wire diameter is .81". According to the Moog web site .81" wire is used for heavy duty springs. Because these springs were cut, I can't really know how long they were originally. Also I did confirm I have 2-1/2" drop spindles. If I were to buy stock heavy duty springs (Moog 6102) they are 12.56" free height so I don't think anyone would cut a 1/4 inch off a spring so who knows what these springs were for? Anyway I bought and installed Moog 6082 regular stock springs because the free height is 13.18 inches. By the way both the 6102 and 6082 springs have a 10 inch installed height.
Soooo my reasoning is that if I removed heavy duty springs that after use have a 12-1/4 inch free height I think installing a lighter spring with a lower load rating that's 13.18 inches when new, it SHOULD over time (how much time) compress down to about the same height??? I won't know if my left to right evenness will be corrected until I get the wheels back on it and drop it on the ground.
Anybody have any thoughts?