hi guys,
I have an 89 f250 that currently has 6in skyjacker leafs in the front re-arched to 8.125 in with a leaf removed (attempt at getting flex.... failed) and i have swapped a 95 d60 in the front. I have been in search of flex and failing to find any with removing leafs and messin around a little bit in that departement, i may be removing a longer leaf tomorrow but installing a shorter leaf in place as my ubolts are maxed out. My question here was, can i swap in superduty springs with doin the reverse shackle. now i know that the superduty springs are supposed to be about inches longer but what if i had them rearched for about 6-8 inches of lift (how my current leafs sit, im unsure as to what the equivalent would be) would that counter act the fact that the leafs would normally be to long to bolt into the stock shackle and hangar? As they are re-arched they will become shorter? i'd like to avoid doing an RS at this point in time since its my daily driver and i cant afford to have it down and the frontward shackle gives it more traction on approach to obstacles.

Has anyone achieved flex with there dana 60's lift springs by removing leafs? how many and what combonation of leafs? i beleive i had a 5 leaf pack before removing the second from the bottom leaf.

thanks for any input. By the way i just turned 18... deavers are far.. .far... out of my price range

 

i just now removed the 3rd leaf in the pack and am putting it back together, just gotta run out and get another centerpin for one side of the leafs. i will attach pictures and let ya know how it worked out a little later on.

 

well after removing that leaf im left with 3 leafs, i have acquired about a half inch of flex on each side i think next i will try removing the longest leaf from the pack and reinstalling eaither the 2nd or 3rd leaf along with a zero rate kit a little down the road to keep the ride hieght about right and maybe use it to move the front axle a little further away from the corner of my new fenders. I still havent really gotten anywhere with the hole flex thing yet and im hoping that this longest leaf is what is holding it up to a degree.

I have read some about 52" chevy leafs? what chevy leafs should be used? i need 3" wide leafs. also, how much rearching or lift would i need to acquire a similar ride hieght to my current stance?
the leafs ive removed

current leafs

lack of flex