Rear suspension drooping on one side?

[George Blake]

I'm working on a truck. Jack up the front. No problem. Jack up the rear....driver's side suspension bottoms out and wheel is all the way up into the well. The passenger side behaves appropriately. This setup is weird. It is a 92 Typhoon with stock leaf springs. Air ride SHOCKS (bags) are there. Pump is GONE. There is a jimmy rigged hard line going to the rear bumper that leads to a schraeder valve to pump up the suspension. Driver's side does nothing. Is this a leaf spring issue or shock issue or both? This truck has been a REAL treat.
Should it just have shocks put on the rear and ditch the cobbled up deal?

 

[Robert Lone]

Re: Rear suspension drooping on one side?

Sounds like a broken spring. What does the leaf look like?

 

[George Blake]

Re: Rear suspension drooping on one side?

I need to inspect the driver's side better but it has almost NO arch while the passenger side has plenty of arch. Is there a more common spot for them to break that I need to inspect?

 

[dhorsman2000]

Re: Rear suspension drooping on one side?

look where the retainer holds the spring together, probably rusted and snapped.