Does a override leaf affect ride height with no bed load?

[chevyrestoguy]

Does an override (helper) leaf change the ride height at all when you are carrying zero load?

I might carry small loads on occasion with my '73, and after I did the flip kit, I put the override leaf back in because it gave me enough leaf spring pack height to bolt up the shocks without having to buy shock relocators. If you take out the override, the shock bolt interferes with the leaf spring lower plate. I plan on researching shock data for compression and extension measurements to find a suitable shock that will allow me to not have to run the cheesy looking extenders. Plus, with the amount of force the shock sees at the attach point on the rear axle, I don't like the idea of having a bolt-on extension.

[N2TRUX]

If the rest of the spring pack is sitting on the overload at rest, then it probably having an effect.

[chevyrestoguy]

No, it's got a gap at both ends and it's not under tension. I'm figuring that unless it's under tension like the rest of the leafs in the spring pack, it's not changing the ride height.

[fixit-p]

How does the over load interact with the rest of the spings is it on top, bottom, straped at the ends or like the pic below?