*******ized shock towers
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*******ized shock towers
Well getting close with boys F250 Supercab, then I noticed something weird about the front brakes,some jackass put chevy brakes and rotors on it!!!! WHY???? and then looking at the shock towers they cut them in half and added about 3 inches to them, Again WHY??? because they put a lift on it and were to stupid to buy the correct shocks! There should be a test to take before some people are allowed to breed! Anyway I need a set of shock towers if anyone has them,I looked in the market place didn't come up with any and our local wrecking yard has closed do to the owners daughters **** poor management so having a hard time finding some! can anyone help me out? PM me and let me know if you can Thanks
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And longer shock towers are used to mount longer shocks for more wheel travel when off roading.
Is this a 4wd 250 then? Neither of those mods are common on 250's that I've seen, but very common on early, non-disc 4wd trucks.
What year is yours and what drive type, out of curiosity.
I'm not trying to make light of some of the crazy/stupid things that PO's do to our trucks while in their possession, but some things are semi-sensible if we find out why they were done.
You might not need to change either one. I'm a bigger fan of the Ford brakes than the GM brakes myself, but that doesn't mean they don't work well on millions of trucks.
And as long as the shocks being used are correct for the suspension height and have good and proper valving characteristics for this truck, I would not spend more money to change them until it's needed after they wear out.
Unless the work was hacked. In that case, all bets are off!
Good luck!
Paul
Is this a 4wd 250 then? Neither of those mods are common on 250's that I've seen, but very common on early, non-disc 4wd trucks.
What year is yours and what drive type, out of curiosity.
I'm not trying to make light of some of the crazy/stupid things that PO's do to our trucks while in their possession, but some things are semi-sensible if we find out why they were done.
You might not need to change either one. I'm a bigger fan of the Ford brakes than the GM brakes myself, but that doesn't mean they don't work well on millions of trucks.
And as long as the shocks being used are correct for the suspension height and have good and proper valving characteristics for this truck, I would not spend more money to change them until it's needed after they wear out.
Unless the work was hacked. In that case, all bets are off!
Good luck!
Paul
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yep its 4x4 250, And that's whats strange its a 79 I've seen tons of this done to early non disc or closed knuckle fronts but never a late open front end,Just don't understand.I got to looking at the towers again and they are 80 up towers so instead of a stud on the shock it use's a bolt and they were cut in half and re-welded together don't know if they were to long or what. The kid already ordered shocks months ago so no returning them to get a different type so still looking for towers.And I'm not sure what you mean by drive type? It's a high pinion 44 if that's what you mean. Not a big fan of welded suspension parts especially when I don't know who did it,and they kinda look like a bird crapped on it.They are the same length as the one's on my 78 sc 250.Think I will probably just build some new one's and were not going to change the brakes till we need to they will work ,just didn't understand why someone would go thru the trouble of changing them unless it's like buckin said to fit smaller wheels.
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Ah yes, changing the shock towers to the bolt or it's own stud gives the user a much wider variety of shocks to choose from. Wider selection of valving and lengths if they're trying to fine-tune things above and beyond what was generally available.
After the lift it is very plausible they literally could not find a proper shock. If yours had the studs at both ends of the shocks, then the selection of lengths was seriously reduced.
Yes, by drive type I meant 2wd or 4wd since you didn't say (that I noticed) in the first post.
I'm not sure why they would have gone to the trouble to change the brakes either. But among some groups the big dual-piston Ford brakes are not highly thought of in the first place. Lots of people swap the big front 60's into their other brand rigs, but toss out the Ford brakes in favor of something else. Maybe this guy was part of that train of thought.
I happen to like the design, and even though I've had issues with mine I'm not going to change them to something else without at least trying to make them work.
Much of the bad press comes from the typical lack of maintenance. But like anything else, there are pros and cons, and someone just thought the GM-based design had more pros maybe. Maybe it was simply the cost of replacement parts? That would do it for a lot of people.
Paul
After the lift it is very plausible they literally could not find a proper shock. If yours had the studs at both ends of the shocks, then the selection of lengths was seriously reduced.
Yes, by drive type I meant 2wd or 4wd since you didn't say (that I noticed) in the first post.
I'm not sure why they would have gone to the trouble to change the brakes either. But among some groups the big dual-piston Ford brakes are not highly thought of in the first place. Lots of people swap the big front 60's into their other brand rigs, but toss out the Ford brakes in favor of something else. Maybe this guy was part of that train of thought.
I happen to like the design, and even though I've had issues with mine I'm not going to change them to something else without at least trying to make them work.
Much of the bad press comes from the typical lack of maintenance. But like anything else, there are pros and cons, and someone just thought the GM-based design had more pros maybe. Maybe it was simply the cost of replacement parts? That would do it for a lot of people.
Paul
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