bent leaf spring

hey guys,
was looking at my truck the other day and noticed that it was sittin crooked. One rear corner was down and the diagonal front corner was sittin up. I was looking at the leaf spring and it appears that it is bent up behind the front eye. It doesn't have much of an arch either. Its a TCI parallel leaf kit. Could the pinion angle be wrong I think i have it right. It is the driver side spring, I dont think its from any burnouts, I've only tried that once and it shook and wheel hopped so bad that I haven't tried since. Or is that the main source of my problems? Would something be off that would cause it to bend or did I just get a bad spring?

Thanks
Devin

 

picture would help but it sounds like a bad spring. is the bend between the eye and next leaf on the main leaf ?

 

It would be unusual for a leaf spring to bend, but not unheard of. Most of the springs I've seen that were actually bent were from the spring being forced over something, or jammed from the rear. Lifting with a floor jack sitting just behind the spring eye can bend a leaf spring. I've also seen traction bars that set short of the spring eye bend the leafs, but usually a bent spring is the result of the car being dropped with something under the leaf. Often a leaf or two in a spring pack will break where the axle sits on the springs and that could cause the spring to appear bent. Would have had to have been a serious wheel hop to bend the spring, and then it probably should have bent the springs on both sides of the car.

Could have been just a junk spring.

A bent or broken spring can cause wheel hop.
Gene

 

Thanks
Ill check for broken packs, and then call TCI

Devin