My original springs were wore more then yours, I pulled them apart and radiuses each worn step and the matting spring that dug the step. I then added some leaf spring liner material to help them slide on each other. Springs are very hard, it took some work to radius the grooves and to clean the rust off. As a side note, I greased each wear point before installing the next leaf, a year later (1100 miles ) I had them back out due to squeaks. The grease was gone from where I put it with rust in its place, that when I went to the liner material.
I drove with them this way for many years without any problem. In the last couple years I changed all four out for a softer ride, sold the OEM springs to a rat rodder and suspect they are still on the road.
