Leaf Springs Help

[Fraser Beatty]

I just bought an 83 Chevy C10. It appears that someone has removed a rear leaf spring or two from either side. How many were in there from the factory? I've never done rear leaf springs before. What is the process in removal/reinstallation? Thanks so much for the help.

[Fraser Beatty]

Anybody?

[bedsled71]

im not sure how many there were but you need to be carful when removing them, you need to get the tension off the string before you unbolt becuase there is alot of tension there

[Fraser Beatty]

Thanks for the advice. Can anyone tell me how many springs there are supposed to be?

[bedsled71]

i think there are 5 total. 4 then the overload.. how many do you have?

[Fraser Beatty]

There are only 2 in there on each side at the moment...the PO said he has been driving the truck like that ever since he bought it with no problems, but I want to get the correct amount in there as soon as possible.

[dieselarmy13]

However many you had from the factory just depends on how it was equipped from the factory. If you plan on doing any towing or putting anything in your bed, you should probably get a couple more leafs in there. It's pretty straight forward. Drop your axle from the leafs and you can just pull the bolts on either end of the leaf, and it will drop out. There should be a bolt running through the center of all of the leafs holding them all together. If you pull your leaf pack, I always think it's a good idea to replace this bolt with a new grade 8 bolt. If you weren't so far north I could just give ya all my leftover springs that I've pulled.

[Fraser Beatty]

I've got a couple kicking around and there's bound to be a few in the local junkyards, so it shouldn't be a problem finding any. I've just never done this before, so I was looking for some advice on how to put em in.