locating leaf spring sliders

Rat Bastid said

Looking at this picture, it looks like you have the slider 4 inches from the rear mount to the front of the end of the roller stop. Is that correct or am I looking at it wrong?

I‘m trying to get the slider located properly with no weight on the springs.

If I have your numbers wrong, how far forward should the end of the front of the slider slot be from the vertical mount??

TIA

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The measurements are just on the bracket. The bottom plate of the bracket is 4" long. The front mounting holes for the slider are about a 1/4" from the end of the plate. The rear mounts of the slider are inside the rear outrigger of the frame. And mine could probably be mounted a good 1/4" to 3/8" further back, based on where the spring eye ended up after my springs settled.

So, just by the math I would say on the AFCO's at least you'd want the front mounting holes of the slider about 3 1/2" forward of the front face of the spring outrigger. At least for the AFCO springs I'm running...