Will sagging leaf springs cause damage?

Sorry for the noob questions. Suspension is something I’m still learning about.

A couple months ago I had to load a bunch of shit in my taco’s bed and it exceeded the weight limit and sat in there for about a week. Pic attached of that. Ever since then idk if it’s just in my head but it seems slightly saggy in the back. Now I just put a camper shell on it and it definitely sags noticeably.

My question is, will leaving it saggy for a few months driving around with the shell cause any permanent damage? I have a 1.5” lift on it that was there when I bought it and want to go up to 2-3” anyway but i need another year or so to save up for that. Will it be okay until then or am I hurting something in the meantime?

 

It should not cause any real issues.

You may experience some/more axle wrap.
These trucks are know to have axle wrap right from the factory.
I wouldn’t worry about it.

 

Drive gently over bumps. No whoops, whoops. You should be ok.

 

get under there and take a look, the leaves should have a continuous although slight arch. If there is any sense of an s-shape the springs are toast and you could be doing damage to the driveline components. Do you know if the truck has had the TSB for rear leaves performed? This will help a little with load handling. Do you know if the previous lift is a block, add a leaf or full leaf pack? If it's a block, axle wrap will be more pronounced. An add a leaf my still not be the "ideal" lift, but at least it does add additional spring rather than just space. Tacomas are well known for having poor load handling even below the allowable payload limits.

 

FWIW, Negative or Flat springs don’t mean much.
They come that way right from Toyota.
I haven’t seen a STOCK Tacoma with a any pronounced “U” shaped leafs.

My understanding is, they were designed this way.

 

Well dang, it definitely did have a serous S shape with all that stuff in it in the pic, but I gotta check if it does with just the camper shell. As far as what type of suspension changes were done to the rear, it is the TX Baja edition and I’m having a hard time finding exact suspension specs on that.

 

That's fair. Mine are pretty close to flat. Inverted or S-shaped springs would be cause for concern in my opinion.

 

Note: The image shows Spring Under Axle whereas our trucks are Spring Over Axle.

 

Absolutely not, it's fine.

 

Ive been driving on saggy springs for a year now with no issue

my springs look like a frownie face. Just got some old man emu Dakar medium duty springs to replace these springs. My camper shell is too much for the stock springs i guess.

the only bad thing about the sagging springs is it looks shitty but it wont do any damage