Blazer rear suspension question

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Howdy all--- Mostly on the truck side browsin but just picked up a 77 K5 2wd and have been hangin out on the Blazer/Burb board. Ive been lookin at past threads and it looks like mine has the common rear leaf spring sagging issue. I liked the slightly lower stance in the rear so I took the front springs out and cut a coil out of each one and now the front sits exactly how i want, with a slight rake, but now the rear needs to come down just a hair more. On the rear, there is some kind of spacer between the leaf springs and the perch on top of the axle .My question is can that spacer be taken out to bring the rear down a little? I dont recall ever seeing anything like that on the rear of the 2wd pickups, correct me if im wrong. Was looking in an LMC catalog at the breakdown of the rear suspension, and they just call it a "spacer". Thanks in advance for any input.