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Old 08-22-2014, 10:18 PM
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1976 f250 leveling, drop shackle? frontend

hey guys, i have a76 f250, sadly a dana 44 low pinion... and to level out the truck, i was going to cut out the original shackle for the front, and put in a drop shackle, 2 inches lower, ( highboys have 2 inches of rake stock ).. would this tilt my frontend forward? id like it to so i can get my pitch a little better in the frontend, but not sure if it even will? thabnks
 
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Take out the 6 pk front leafs and replace with the 2 leaf 78/79 front leaf springs.
 
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Take out the 6 pk front leafs and replace with the 2 leaf 78/79 front leaf springs.
how would that fix the pitch?
 
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I read the 1st part about wanting to "level the truck". Lifting a HB with the low pinion front axle and not installing degree shims, you get what you have, bad pinion angle, I guess.

"id like it to so i can get my pitch a little better in the frontend".

By "pitch" do you mean rake (truck setting to nose high or low) or your front axle pinion angle?

Maybe I am confused by your question or terminology?
 
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