Thank heavens is was a three day weekend.
Holy cow, you talk about a crap load of work. Taking the
custom leaf springs off of Project Responder over the Labor day weekend was hell. At least the weather wasn't too bad but the work was a killer.
We did one each day so the truck would only need one jack for support at a time. We started with the driver's side spring pack once the truck was made level. The spring came off and it was taken apart, stripped and painted by 6pm. The next day, the newly painted leaves were put back together and put back on the truck. Instead of the small Superlift blocks, we went with a set of monsterous 6" blocks from off road unlimited. Then we changed sides and did it all over again. Only this time we were tired. I sure wish I could clone myself. We got the second spring cleaned and painted by 4pm and then we called it a day.
On Monday, we put the second spring back together and got it back on the truck with the new lift block. Finally, we were done. I'm not as young as I used to be and my poor body was singing the blues. Stiff, sore and scraped up. But it was worth it. It would be a crime to have gone to all this work over the last three years just to take a shortcut with the springs and let them rust for no good reason. I just wish the factory would have painted them to start with.