front end sagging?
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front end sagging?
could some kind soul ,one who owns a 48 to 52 f1 , please humor an old man and go out to your garage and measure the distance from the floor to the underside of the front bumper [assuming its stock ] and give me the results . my 52 front end seems to be getting lower over time or maybe i'm getting taller. before you ask , yes i checked the front tires they're ok. however the front springs appear to be flat or horizontal rather than an upward curve . does this sound correct? the distance i measured was 11 inches floor to center underside .
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Ziggy,
I can't help you with your problem but I couldn't resist saying that most folks around here are spending good money trying to get that look. They don't seem happy until they see sparks coming from the oil pan on cruise night.
I can't help you with your problem but I couldn't resist saying that most folks around here are spending good money trying to get that look. They don't seem happy until they see sparks coming from the oil pan on cruise night.
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Ziggy
I have a picture with all the dimensions you need.
Now for the hard part - Your a new user so you can't e-mail me yet from my profile, I will not post my e-mail on the board and your profile says your not accepting e-mails.
If you change your profile I can email you, you can respond THEN I can send the picture or maybe somone else will respond and I can go back to sleep, all this has tired me out.
I have a picture with all the dimensions you need.
Now for the hard part - Your a new user so you can't e-mail me yet from my profile, I will not post my e-mail on the board and your profile says your not accepting e-mails.
If you change your profile I can email you, you can respond THEN I can send the picture or maybe somone else will respond and I can go back to sleep, all this has tired me out.
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ok Dick C , i've changed my profile but in the mean time Bobj49f2 posted your info and i do appreciate it very much. first thing in the morning i 'll compare the numbers and go from there. now if i can just figure out how to put a photo in my gallery i'll be all set. thanks again . and HUNTSMAN i must admit that thought did cross my mind too but first i need to know the front end is reliable.
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Charles, the diagram comes out of the owner's manual for 1948 - probably 49 and 50 too.
I measured my '48 Ziggy. I found the front bumper to be 14" from pavement to bottom of bumper and 19" to top of bumper. With the frame height to bumper centerline the diagram shows at 16.74" mine is slightly lower at 16.5 C/L ( this is as close as I can get in the dark and in the SNOW tonight)
My front springs are flat to slightly de-arched with a flathead V8 so your's sound fairly close.
I'm running a stock profile tire(LT215/85R/16). If you have low profile 15" tires on your truck it could easily account for 1" or more. On the other hand, we're all sagging more - why not our trucks?!
I measured my '48 Ziggy. I found the front bumper to be 14" from pavement to bottom of bumper and 19" to top of bumper. With the frame height to bumper centerline the diagram shows at 16.74" mine is slightly lower at 16.5 C/L ( this is as close as I can get in the dark and in the SNOW tonight)
My front springs are flat to slightly de-arched with a flathead V8 so your's sound fairly close.
I'm running a stock profile tire(LT215/85R/16). If you have low profile 15" tires on your truck it could easily account for 1" or more. On the other hand, we're all sagging more - why not our trucks?!
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You can get those diagrams out of the dealer brochures. If anyone wants them, I have them for the entire 1952 line.
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ziggy, i just replaced my front springs on my 48 F!. the old springs were about level with the ground when i replaced them with reversed eye springs.. when i was done installing the new REVESED EYE springs the truck was about 1 1/2 inches HIGHER than it was with the old sagging springs....RC