Well, I have gotten both the old leaf springs off, the new ones in (multi-leaf) put the tires back on and went to torque the bolts down and discovered I have huge gaps between my shock mount/leaf spring plate and the cradle for the springs (that is welded onto the axel). Both the old springs and new ones are 5-leaf but the new ones I bought from Classic Industries are about 3/8" thicker than the ones I took out. I bout the OER springs and spring replacement kit from C.I but either the rubber pads are too thick that came in the kit or the 3/8" difference between the old and new is too much. I'm sure someone who has replaced their leaf springs from Classic Industries has ran into this before and i was looking for suggestions. I overtorqued the shock plate trying to get it to 60 ft/lbs and bent the s#$t out of the plate because of the gap...and the fact I wasn't paying attention. Any suggestions? ...does anyone run with one or both rubber pads out? do I accept the gap and not torque it to 60 ft/lbs?