Remember the single pack leaf that was flipped and paralleled the axle above it on that show yota a while back?
Whats that called? Any pics from other rigs?

Im seriously considering fabbing my own crossmember and trussing my axle and then doing this leaf flip, however spring rate and load capacity comes into play. I guess Id just use my two factory leaf packs next to each other and then have hte mounts on hte crossmember and teh axle truss.
Ill search for pics and go take measurements in a little while.

Thanks RA

 

Took some measurements...

Front leaves are 53" eye-to-eye under full weight of truck, rear was 56".

That either means the eyes will have their mounts right over the leaf packs or Ill have to do somthing else.

I was wondering if I could do what I mentioned earlier, but rather mount the center of the pack on the truss right above the pumpkin and have the eyes up by the frame.(make sense?) However, I forgot my frame's width and also forgot to remeasure. Its out at the barn and its dark, so it will have to wait till tomorrow...

Edit: also, does anyone know of atruck with leaves around 46-48" length and about 5-8" of arch, preferably with comperable spring rates of an F150-F250?

 

What will you do to hold the axle in place? 4 link?

 

Yeah, I guess... Unless ladder bars with shackles (for articulation) will work. That would be easier. Or I could do an A-arm (wishbone) with ladder bars

Edit: if I did the wisbonbe thing it wouldnt really be ladder bars with it, just two links with heims...

 

I found out its calle da Transverse Leaf spring sytem. They were very common on 20's and 30's Ford front suspensions on pick-ups. Now they are more common on street/mild racing cars, yet are disappearing from that scene as well. The corvette used to use them, but dropped the design for hte same reason that everyone else is. That reason would be the fact that it costs a whole lot more and is a lot more difficult to swap in a new leaf pack. For this reason, those who are interested in cornering capabilities and matching their suspension to their tire's tread compound and tire dimensions. This is similar to 4-linking: lots of tweaking to get it right.

Anyways, Ive pretty much dropped the idea, as the transverse steups dont use traditional leaves. They do not have eyes, just flat ended with an oblong hole for mounting points. Also, my leaves are too long to use, and would deffinately rub hte tires while under compression. The main reason I dropped the idea is I found out that Jegs.com sells Skyjacker softride's for $240, free shipping to my door. That + shackle flip...