Are these too far gone?
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5th Wheeling
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Are these too far gone?
I recently rebuilt my front leaf spring packs. 54 F100 with a 223 6 cyl. I removed a few leaves per the instructions on the mid-fifty site, cleaned up the remaining ones and reinstalled with new hardware (bushing, shocks, etc). Now they look overused/overextended, the arch is almost going the opposite way. I don't know much about these trucks and not sure if this is normal. I know these leaf springs didn't have much arch to begin with but I am wondering if its time for new ones. Here are a few photos. What do you think?
Believe Nothing
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Looks to me like you got what you must have been after, a lowered front end. Removing leaves from an already tired spring pack will only exacerbate the problem. Trying different springing to get exactly what you want can be time and labor intensive.
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5th Wheeling
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Well, I wasn't necessarily looking for a "lowered" front end. My reason for thinning the original pack was due to a damaged spring. My question was does it look abnormal to have the spring back arched down like it is? I know that changing out spring packs is time and labor intensive. If I had big bucks I would have bought new springs but I was trying to get through a summer without spending a lot. Not everyone has money to spend on a daily driver.
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5th Wheeling
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Wow... that looks scary. Someone suggested re-arching the springs or replacing just the main spring... any thoughts?
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LOL. In my case it was a case of driving a little too hard one night. Some idiot (me) was pushing the truck a little too hard without installing the bump stops on the front suspension, thereby over-stressing the main leaf of the spring pack
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Removing every other leaf will lower your truck, however experience tells me the truck will bounce and sway on every bump in the road. To fix that, I have found Posies dual super sliders to lower the ride the same amount, while at the same time stiffening the suspension to that of a stock leaf count. Less bounce, same lowering effect. Cost is what it is, but the ride difference may be worth it. But it's up to you on how much bounce you can tolerate.
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I have heard of other folks that have had their springs re-arched but I don't know what the results were. I replaced my front springs with a mono leaf system. On my truck the po had a totally different spring on one side. For safety reasons do you think you should consider new springs or replacements? I wouldn't want to trust those you have there.
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5th Wheeling
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I checked with JC Whitney but they dont show any application for the 53-55 trucks. Do you have a part number or catalog number? Thanks.
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Any good spring shop can rebuild your existing springs, provide replacement leaves, and or re arch . You can re arch the springs. It is hard work, wear hearing protection and alert your neighbors before hand. Quite a bit can be found on the web RE spring arching.