bad shocks?
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bad shocks?
I have a 95 f150 4x4 and on the driver's side rear sometimes it looks like the bed is sagging on that side. I really notice it at work we have a gravel parking lot and I know it's not exactly level. I just checked the air in all of the tires and they're all the same. I was thinking about putting new shocks on anyways. I'd like something that was a little stiffer for hauling/towing, this thing really squats when you put a load on it, but also I don't want ones that are too stiff.
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From what you describe it sounds like your leaf springs are worn. How much are you loading it up and how often? You may want to put stiffer rear springs in the back from and f250. It will effect your ride quality though. If you want to keep your ride quality replace the rear springs and shocks. I would also look into putting air bags in the rear. That way once loaded up you can level the height of your truck.
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well I was talking about the driver side rear sagging is when it's empty. I don't really tow or haul that much. When I tow I just want something that will hold up to 2-3 thousand pounds, I know I won't tow more than 3,000 lbs. A trailer with maybe 2-3 fourwheelers is about all I would haul. I went last fri. to pick up a skid for my dad, he went with me, I think he said it was 1,200 lbs. and it was squatting pretty bad, I know that was a lot of weight even for that truck. Also yesterday I toted his round baler up the road about a mile or so and that thing had a lot of tongue weight, it didn't sag like the skid did though. For the most part the heaviest I'd like to put in my bed is my fourwheeler, that weighs 500 lbs or so. I haven't had a chance to get it on there yet.
didn't notice this till after I posted... nice avatar btw
didn't notice this till after I posted... nice avatar btw
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Thats weird I have know idea then. It maybe your shocks an F150 should have more payload capacity then that and should be able to handle 1500 pounds easily without that much sag. Thanks for the compliment on the avatar btw!
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Anytime... I thought maybe I had a bum shock in the rear. I might just go by advance I have a friend that works there and get him to reccomend me some shocks, I can put them on myself. Truck has 99,000 miles and I just got the truck so they might be the original ones, I looked at the shocks and they're painted black, they def. don't look like aftermarket ones. Also the truck is in great shape but you never know what the one before you did. Like I said I won't be towing or hauling all that much. So I think I would get by just fine with shocks. Here in the next few days I'll have to deliver a skid of aluminum for work I already weighed a few pieces to get an estimate on how much I'll be hauling. 1 piece is 3.5 lbs and there's 132 of them which = 462 lbs + whatever the skid weighs, might be looking at around 480 lbs or so, I figure that will give me an idea on how my fourwheeler will be. I've got my digi cam in the glove box I'll take pics on how much it sags if it does. My dad has 2 trucks w/ 300 in them and I really love mine, it has more than enough power for what I want to do.
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I like Rancho shocks. They make the new RST which is kinda like the Edelbrock one but cheaper. If you have the money though go with the RS9000's. I have the older version on my truck and love them. The new ones have are 9 point adjustable instead of 5 so you can fine tune it for different road conditions and terrain.
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You should look at at those springs before putting those fancy shocks on.And come on you gotta be kidding about the 1500# in a f-150,that's a half ton truck hauling three quarters of a ton.I put that much in my 150 I'd be happy if the front wheels were still on the ground.And that over load may have done the spring in on the one side.
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I have a flare side so I don't have that much bed space, the skid of 1,200 lbs was tight but it fit in there, also the skid was pushed all the way to the front. All the weight was centralized on the skid so it was not overloaded on one side. And I noticed the sagging before I even hauled anything. I think it's just our parking lot at work, anywhere else I haven't noticed it. I got under it today and looked at the leaf springs and noticed that I do not have the heavy duty payload option. I think they have 5 as I have 3 under there and I've been looking and shocks for it and I noticed that the front ones depends if it's before or behind the axle, mine are behind. Like I said the truck has 99,000 miles and I just got it off a dealer so I have no way of knowing how the guy before me treated it.
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well I meant 3 leafs plus the helper spring on the bottom so that makes 4, there is another thread just started about broken leaf springs, and where to buy them. How hard is it to replace the springs? I might just go ahead and get the heavy duty ones and replace the shocks at the same time.
