Broken leaf spring
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Laughing Gas
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From: Burton, Texas
Broken leaf spring
I found that I have a broken leaf spring on my 71 F250. It's the front passenger side, the top leaf about 2-3 inches from the front. I don't drive on rough roads much, other than my .5 mile driveway and some crappy roads in town. How much of a problem is this going to be until I can get it fixed? I have a 600 mile road trip coming up in about a week (all highway miles) and I don't know that I'll be able to replace it before then. Can it be welded? Or some kink of strap put on it? Know where to get a replacement?
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Laughing Gas
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Thanks, that's what I figured. Got any idea how to find one? I find a lot of rear leafs, especially 2WD, but no fronts. How late of a model truck can I get one from? Or is there an even broader compatibility with other trucks/vans? These are stock leaf springs. The one that broke on mine has rust that shows it's been broken about halfway across for a good while. I just bought the truck in May.
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Laughing Gas
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From: Burton, Texas
I see Summit sells these sets but seems like they are all for 2" or 4" lift. I'm having a hard time finding stock height. I guess if I had to use springs off another brand of truck, or a later model truck or whatever, I would have to know the width, length and arch of my stock leaf springs, right? What other figgers would I need to know?
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Oh, you may have to clearance the front hangers slightly depending on the front wrap of the spring.
Regardless, 2" lift lowboy springs will be cheaper than factory height highboy springs from someone like lmc blueoval or carpenter and are essentially the same height
Regardless, 2" lift lowboy springs will be cheaper than factory height highboy springs from someone like lmc blueoval or carpenter and are essentially the same height
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Laughing Gas
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Hey, I never said they meant it in a good way.
Ok, I'll deal with that question when I get to it.
Ok, I'll deal with that question when I get to it.
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Confused
LMC shows my leaf springs here. It says 5 spring set is $349.95 and 6 spring set is $174.95 
Why such a discrepancy in price? I gotta get home and see which I have. I guess while I'm doing this I'll replace the shocks, mine are in bad shape. Urethane bushings and such as well? And I see that many here do the u-bolt flip. Does that entail much more than simply flipping the u-bolt?
Why such a discrepancy in price? I gotta get home and see which I have. I guess while I'm doing this I'll replace the shocks, mine are in bad shape. Urethane bushings and such as well? And I see that many here do the u-bolt flip. Does that entail much more than simply flipping the u-bolt?
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inhales deeply...
The difference is likely due to the gvwr of your truck. Do you haul heavy loads? If not go cheap. The individual leaves in the 5 leaf pack are probably thicker than the individual leaves in the 6 leaf pack.
Shocks, go fairly cheap. Your truck wont ride like a Caddy with the best shocks. $40-50 ea is a good price. I like the poly bushings. They dont seem to last as long but in their lifespan they work better if that makes sense.
For the ubolt flip do a search for my George v4.0 thread. I flipped my ubolts on my 60 among other things. No, it is not a simple flip the brackets over. You have to make/buy new top plates and buy new round ubolts as opposed to square ones.
The difference is likely due to the gvwr of your truck. Do you haul heavy loads? If not go cheap. The individual leaves in the 5 leaf pack are probably thicker than the individual leaves in the 6 leaf pack.
Shocks, go fairly cheap. Your truck wont ride like a Caddy with the best shocks. $40-50 ea is a good price. I like the poly bushings. They dont seem to last as long but in their lifespan they work better if that makes sense.
For the ubolt flip do a search for my George v4.0 thread. I flipped my ubolts on my 60 among other things. No, it is not a simple flip the brackets over. You have to make/buy new top plates and buy new round ubolts as opposed to square ones.