View Poll Results: Raising the front end on my 82 f100 flareside
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Raising front end.
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Mountain Pass
Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Cadillac, Michigan
Raising front end.
Hey guys i put new leaf springs on my 82 f100 flareside, now i need to raise the front end, can i just use spring stretchers to raise the front or do i need a couple new longer springs. I know the old days we just used spring spacers, will this work to help raise the frontend? Will it do any damage? Thanks
Tuned
Joined: Sep 2014
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Definitely Start with NEW coil springs.
you will be Very Happy you did and next year at this time you will still be happy.
check Rockauto.com and Summit Racing both show springs in stock.
Which rear springs did you get?
you will be Very Happy you did and next year at this time you will still be happy.
check Rockauto.com and Summit Racing both show springs in stock.
Which rear springs did you get?
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Mountain Pass
Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Cadillac, Michigan
i believe i got the rear springs from lmc. They had a fifth spring where my old set had a four spring so i removed one spring but the rear is still alot higher. So i think ill try a new set of springs. Thanks alot for your reply
Cargo Master
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Evansville, Indiana
Wondering the same thing.
Also, what springs do you have up front and what did you have before in the rear? There is a spring code listed on the decal in the driver's door jamb.
I once shopped for new rear leaf springs for my '86 F150. The originally rated springs were unavailable and the suppliers I checked with all insisted much heavier springs were the superceding replacements. I kept my originals
Also, what springs do you have up front and what did you have before in the rear? There is a spring code listed on the decal in the driver's door jamb.
I once shopped for new rear leaf springs for my '86 F150. The originally rated springs were unavailable and the suppliers I checked with all insisted much heavier springs were the superceding replacements. I kept my originals
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From: Virginia
Not much of a poll when you decide from what one person tells you. Take a floor jack or some other jack and put it under the center of the heavy front crosmember. Measure the height of the truck before you start, and then jack the truck up under the crossmember the amount you want to raise it. When you get it to the height you want, measure how much higher it is. And then stand back and look at the front tires. If they are bowed in at the bottom, this is what is going to happen if you raise it with springs and or spacers. That is why they make expensive lift kits. To avoid messing up the alignment of the truck.
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From: Angier, NC
You do know all pick up trucks sit high in the azz end, not level right?
This is so when you place a load in the bed or hook a trailer to the azz it levels out.
When you look at the front wheels do it looking on from in front of the truck NOT the side.
I might put new springs up front just so I know front & rear were replaced at the same time.
Then drive the truck a LOT to settle the suspension and then see if the front wheels sit right.
If you are looking to level the truck DJM Suspension makes a leveling kit that drops the rear a few inches.
The point of raising or lowering the front is the front suspension with the twin beams is the camber changes.
The 80-82 100/150 trucks have kingpins and the only way to get the camber / caster back to factory spec is to bend the beams and there are no shops that do this anymore.
Dave ----
This is so when you place a load in the bed or hook a trailer to the azz it levels out.
When you look at the front wheels do it looking on from in front of the truck NOT the side.
I might put new springs up front just so I know front & rear were replaced at the same time.
Then drive the truck a LOT to settle the suspension and then see if the front wheels sit right.
If you are looking to level the truck DJM Suspension makes a leveling kit that drops the rear a few inches.
The point of raising or lowering the front is the front suspension with the twin beams is the camber changes.
The 80-82 100/150 trucks have kingpins and the only way to get the camber / caster back to factory spec is to bend the beams and there are no shops that do this anymore.
Dave ----
Mountain Pass
Joined: Aug 2018
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From: Livermore, CO
Chances are your old coils have sagged due to age. Check out how the front tires are wearing, and if the tires are sitting pretty much straight up and down. If they tilt in at the top your old springs are giving up and should be replaced. I always preferred Moog cargo coils, they are a progressive coil spring to give a good ride.
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Raising front end
Thanks to everyone for all the comments, i now have a better idea of w
hat to do. Thanks everyone.
hat to do. Thanks everyone.
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