40 pickup springs

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RJD

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I'm in the process of assembling my basically stock truck, exceptions are T5 transmission, 8" rear and modifying the stock wishbones. Question, the sprigs seem to be stiff for a daily driver has anyone remove leaf's to soften the ride? Or have a suggestion?
 
Is this in the frot or rear? Up front I've removed as many as 5 and also got a reversed eye lower spring to continue to bring the nose down. Couple all of that with a dropped axle, and you are looking good. As for ride, I lined the springs using the "u" shaped teflon stuff - worked pretty well in my 40 coupe w/6 years plus on the road.
 
I'm in the process of building my 40 ford truck now. I just finished taking apart my spring pack, blasting, smoothing, painting, and installing liner in the leaves. I removed 4 leaves mainly the top 3 and one a little further down so that for the most part all the longer leaves are there with even spacing to the next. Two questions...Is it okay to take out the top leaves and leave just the longer ones? Will the longer leaves behave ok or do they need at least one of the shorter ones installed? Also (and I'm fighting myself with this) I'm thinking of installing a t5 which will need the wishbone split very slightly...if I do will I need to heat the spring hangers on the bones to parallel the hangers and spring ends? Not to familiar with spring in fronts...
 
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