My first experience with leaf spring disassembly and reassembly was around 1965. The only time I have seen something like this was if the center hole wasn't "centered" in each leaf and I or somebody else put them back together all wonky or if the leaves had been damaged somehow. When you get them apart, look and see. It is really difficult to tell from just your images, but it almost looks like those leaves are twisted or something. And I can't imagine how a spring shop could have done that, but they aren't sitting as they should. Please look at the attached image. This spring was taken completely apart and cleaned...I bought it new many years ago but it had sat around a while and picked up some rust and I wanted to see if it needed attention.
~ Jon 1952 1/2 ton with 1959 235 | T5 with 3.07 rear end
