The car had been sitting for some time before I was able to get back to work on it. I did a rearend swap, and while I was at it, I removed a leaf (it was a 5 leaf, too stiff, and sat too high.) Now when I go over bumps, I sound like I"m in an Amish big block buggy. The springs sound awful. Don't know if it's something I did, or because it was sitting for so long.

Here's what I did. Removed the front bracket (to drop the spring out of the way for the rear swap). Pulled the spring pack bolt. Removed the bottom leaf. Reassembled. I also had started to unbolt the rear eyelet, but due to access getting the bolt out, decided not too.

My question is, did I over tighten something? Not tighten it enough? Is it just because it was sitting for so long? The car is a convertible, so it's especially noticeable and annoying. Really don't want to tear everything apart again, unless I absolutely have to. I don't have much time to work on the card, and there's other areas of it I need to focus on.

Did you tighten the front or rear leaf mounts with the suspension hanging? If you did, you need to have the car down on the ground before tightening everything up. After removing the lower leaf how does the spring pad fit? Did it snug right up to the welded plate on the rear end or could the squeaking be coming from there? Are you using poly any where in the rear?

Getting the springs dropped was a pain. So I ended up only dropping the front, and I did it by unbolted the bracket without the disconnecting the spring eye.

I can't say for sure, but I think the eye bushings are poly. The pads are definitely nice and snug.