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Oops, After getting my springs back from overhaul, I noticed that the center locating pin is not in the center of the span of the leaf springs either fwd or aft.

For the front and rear springs, does the longer span go to the front of the car or the rear?

Typical construction is for the longer section of the leaf spring to be towards the rear. But why not just lay the spring in place and see where the axle will locate - that should confirm it.

Tom Wilcox did a great blog called Packard Paddock when he restored his 1930 sedan. You should google it. He had the same problem...only he got all the way through re-assembly before he figured it out. Pretty funny, but he is very familiar with this process. I have looked at his blog many times while working on my '29 Sedan.