Reverse eye leafspring?

Before turning the leaf over I'd look at getting them de-cambered as a better solution. You should be able to get a good 2-3" drop from that.

If wanting to take the springs apart, once they are off the vehicle they aren't under tension so there is no risk of injury or loss of finger unless you start using one of them as an axe or something equally daft (I'm now giving myself some ideas for the next play weekend ;D )

Basically, get them off the car and remove the leaf brackets & pins and it'll all come apart.

Hi
My mates got a 12tonne pipe bender so we can decamber the leaves,
But how do you lose the camber without the spring length (eye to eye)
increasing?

Cheers
Adrian

Lowering blocks where availabe back in the day for escorts and the like, is there nowt like that can be fab'd up?

youre probly right bruce, flipping an axle under to axle over usually equates to 4.5-5" of drop, depending on how thick your spring pack is, as most axles are around 3" diameter on the tubes. thats a fair old drop, and youll usually have trouble getting that much drop at the front end (to get it to sit level) without major surgery.

you may be doing it to a vehicle with a back end thats already a good bit higher (like a lot of commercials), then its quite beneficial. for example, after i axle flipped my escort van, which gave 4.5" of drop, i only had to drop the front end 3" for it to sit level.

as you say, decambering is a much more 'tuneable' drop.

Just so happens I'm considering offering an exchange service on properly Decambered Hijet Springs. I was thinking something like £100 (and your old springs). To make life easier £150, I send out your decambered springs and then when you send your old ones to me I refund £50, that way your hijet isn't off the road. Not sure if thats reasonable or not.
I'm having the first set done next week, a 2.5" drop + the drop you gain from having the load leaf removed. Once fitted i'll see if there's any problems and consider whether its worth offering the service.

In the mean time you get a better ride and a small drop by taking out the overload leaf (second from bottom from memory) mines LPG so I had to remove the battery box to get to the rear o/s hanger. Can't remember if you need to do this or not if its not LPG. Its pretty easy getting the springs off. Then just undo the bolt holding the pack together and remove the leaf. I had a local metal shop knock up a spacer with a hole in the thickness of the removed spring. They cost £6.