Leaf springs?
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: South AR
Leaf springs?
Just got my truck in my shop for first time in weeks and was closing the door and turned around and noted that one side looked lower from behind. 🤦♂️. It was subtle but present. Sooo I had to get out the tape measure. One side was 3/4 inch lower measured from floor to top of rail. From top of tire to fender was also about 1/2 -3/4 shorter on that side. Shackles look good and in place. Figure it is tired leaf springs 🤷🏻♂️. Any suggestions? What is the flavor of the month there? May consider bags too. 🤔
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ATS Springs has gotten a good bit of business from us here. Tell them what your doing and they'll help you select what's best for your use.
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I bought factory replacement leaf springs from SD Truck Springs and they have been great for 10's of thousands of miles towing heavy. I have air bags too though, so there is that... I have purchased from SD Truck Springs on a few occasions and they have been great to work with each time.
Junior at ATS springs is good to work with as well and ATS is a site vendor if you are keen on that sort of thing.
EDIT: Mark beat me to the submit button.
Junior at ATS springs is good to work with as well and ATS is a site vendor if you are keen on that sort of thing.
EDIT: Mark beat me to the submit button.
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From: Elk Grove, CA
I bought factory replacement leaf springs from SD Truck Springs and they have been great for 10's of thousands of miles towing heavy. I have air bags too though, so there is that... I have purchased from SD Truck Springs on a few occasions and they have been great to work with each time.
Junior at ATS springs is good to work with as well and ATS is a site vendor if you are keen on that sort of thing.
EDIT: Mark beat me to the submit button.
Junior at ATS springs is good to work with as well and ATS is a site vendor if you are keen on that sort of thing.
EDIT: Mark beat me to the submit button.
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I have Air Lift 5000 bags with the internal bumper and the Wireless One compressor. The bags and compressor are great, but the over the axle mounts are crap.
I am switching to an over the leaf design like Wes444 recently installed as soon as the weather cools off.
Link: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...g-install.html
I am switching to an over the leaf design like Wes444 recently installed as soon as the weather cools off.
Link: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...g-install.html
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Oh. I’d love,to but that is too deep for sure until I get my house sold and it is in a hurricane right now. Supposed to have closed this week.🤦♂️ 🤞🏻
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There was a tsb for our trucks sagging on one side. My truck had a lift on it for years and I removed it last year. I removed the add a leaf in the rear and the lift springs in the front. I went with national spring for stock replacement in the front. My truck now sags 1/2” on the driver side front. The tsb required shimming the rear springs.
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Say NO to airbags and look into Timbrens….
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I understand about the price, a little/lot too high. But they are so much more than just a 'bump stop' or air bags. Pulling camper trailers, I wish I had put these on 15 years ago. Very firm hold front to back and side to side on the truck, but not so concrete that you give up a smoother ride. I have a 35 foot tongue pull camper and even with a very good trailer hitch system and two sway bars, I would sometimes porpoise too much and side to side sway on the truck and trailer. The Timbrens took care of those issues. I travel hundreds of miles at a time and these have made those miles so much more enjoyable. Price is high, but a lot less 'death grip' on the truck steering wheel for hours at a time. I do have 'overload' springs that came with the truck.