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I'm thinking of doing this to give me a couple more inches of clearance between the bed rails and the gooseneck of my horse trailer. For those of you who had a shop do this for you, how much did it cost?
"Reusing the stock bolts is a no go. U bolts are one time use items."
Why would that be the case? They appear to have enough threads to handle the difference.
U bolts are torque to yield fasteners. When they are torqued to spec they stretch. After that if you remove and then reinstall them the threads that were above the nut before will no longer have the correct thread pitch. This means that even if you torque them properly the second time and they hold torque (which they usually don't) they still may not be applying the correct clamping force on the stuff they're holding together. For $20 it's not worth the risk to me.
I lowered mine by replacing the leaf spring spacers with those from a 2016 SuperDuty (6C3Z-5598-A) which will lower the back-end 1.5 inches. This is just enough for me to be able to use the tailgate steps when I need to get into the bed. It's not completely level but it a lot better than it was.
Thanks for the photo. Looks good and convinces me further to go that route.
Originally Posted by Karl4Cat
The threads stretch when torqued the first time so Ford or any independent spring shop will say they are unsafe to reuse. That said, people do it all the time without issue.
May be without issue ... or may be we haven't heard of people confessing their issues. Either way, doing that is not done without risk ... risk that could result in an expensive repair, personal injury, or worse.
May be without issue ... or may be we haven't heard of people confessing their issues. Either way, doing that is not done without risk ... risk that could result in an expensive repair, personal injury, or worse.
Yes to both. I don't wear my seat belt either. Will it happen tonight? I'll eat extra red meat and drink more adult beverages to prepare for the end...
Calm down brother. Your worry will cause high blood pressure and get you long before any of your irrational fear issues do. I could be driving by your house right now. Better get down in the basement! LOL
Rodney, I told you someone was going to find out about that trail of death and destruction you leave in your wake. (Say, you haven't been to Houston and Miami in the past 2-3 weeks, have you???)
09-21-2017, 10:04 AM
