I heard of the front shackel conversion but can't find any details on it and I need to remove a bunch of extra leafs the prev owner added (1 in front and 3 from the back). What can I do to make the truck ride better? If I loose a lot of height by removing the extra springs should I have the old ones re-bent or buy new ones?

 

It's a F350 it is supposed to ride stiff. I have a '92 F350 4x4 I know exactly what you are talking about, but it is a heavy duty truck. You should not lose much if any height when removing the extra springs the PO installed. The cheapest way to make your truck ride better is adding ~750 lbs. of weight in the bed.

 

The front springs should be 2 leafs for stock,...rear should be 4 leafs and a straight load carry leaf totaling 5 for stock,....if your gonna buy new springs you can purchase Skyjacker softride springs,they are better ride quality than stock ,(I think so)and you can retain a 4inch lift,....the reverse shakle kit will alter the ride a little but not,worth the cost of the kit in my opinion,if I were getting it for the ride purpose only,....load range and psi and type of tires can change the ride also to a certain degree,..all depends on what your wanting your truck to do ?

 

Thanks for the responses. I don't plan to offroad much but need to be able to do some when I go camping or hunting. Mainly I just need to tame it a bit so it is able to soak up bumps. There are 8 total leafs in the rear and 3 total in the front and there are older bilstein shocks (2 per axle) with a rancho steering stablizer (?) that is horizontal on the front axle.

 

Yes. it is called a Reverse Shackle Kit(RSK) Off Road Unlimited(ORU) and SKY manufacturing make them. They add approx 2.5" of lift and make one hell of a ride improvement!

The best way to get lift and ride is us SD springs and a RSK to relocate the front spring hangers. Then you will have the ride of a SD! And rear SD springs bolt right in place of the stock springs, all you have to do is drill out the front hanger for the larger spring bolt

I had one in my 97 F350 and i have on in my 96 w 4" lift springs in the front and 6" springs in the back
here is my 97 w stock springs, RSK in the front. Stock spings in the rear w a 5" block in place of the stock 4"
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here is the 96 w the RSk and 4" font fit springs and 6" rear springs w a fitted add-a-leaf
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Those trucks are badass!!!! I found this RSK that is a little cheaper http://www.sky-manufacturing.com/new...uct.php?id=162

But where do I get the SD springs and do I get them for both the front and back or just the front?

 

A common SD front spring is the "X" code for some lift a"V" code for a stock spring height. You do not need to put SD springs in the rear but you will get a better ride w both of them swapped. Another common thing to do is put SD Icon rear 5" lift springs in and do away w the factory rear block.

As for finding SD springs you can go to your local 4x4 shop and see if they have any stock SD springs from a lift they installed, Or a JY, Or you can go to ford and buy them new. ......O yeah the "B" codes are the best ridding rear ones

 

if your kidneys arn't bleeding after you hit pot holes you really aint enjoying the ride lol

 

Okay, so the optimal configuration here would be SD V code front leafs with the RSK and the SD B code rears?

 

Actually the RSK and SD "V" code front springs and ICON 5" SD rear springs. O and dont forget specially valved bilsteins

 

Heres what i did ,and boy is it better.I only gained and inch of height out of it ,and those are 4" lift springs




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Curt

 

Curt. do you have any pics of the complete truck?

 

 

That looks a lil more than 1" of lift

 

ya it has a 4" lift on it and then i did the shackle reversal to it to improve the ride since it rode like a rock. 4" springs are stiff.