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From: Gilbert Az.
I like superlift & have also used rancho but you can also have those factory springs re-arched & keep the factory ride softness as well as keeping your wallet a little more "portly" but if it was me? 6" superlift
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From: Ofallon, MO
Do you have an equal number of leaf springs on each side?
Have you checked to see if you have an equal number of leaf springs on each side of the truck?
I didn't notice at first, but when I purchased my 2000 F450 last fall it had some extra leaf springs installed on the passenger side of the rear axle. Apparently a previous owner had installed them to handle the weight of something, possibly a bed mounted crane, being mounted on the passenger side of the previous bed. I didn't notice any of this until I took the truck to get a new flat bed installed and they pointed out that the truck leaned towards the driver's side and they suggested that it was possibly something like a crane that had been mounted previously.
I didn't notice at first, but when I purchased my 2000 F450 last fall it had some extra leaf springs installed on the passenger side of the rear axle. Apparently a previous owner had installed them to handle the weight of something, possibly a bed mounted crane, being mounted on the passenger side of the previous bed. I didn't notice any of this until I took the truck to get a new flat bed installed and they pointed out that the truck leaned towards the driver's side and they suggested that it was possibly something like a crane that had been mounted previously.
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From: Stephensville WI
One way you can pinpoint the problem are is to go over a large, wide speed bump at a low speed. Normal suspension will flex equally, but if you have a bad shock like I described earlier that end of the truck will feel like it is trying to roll away from the bad corner. If both front and back feel OK when going over a large wide speed bump, your shocks are probably OK.
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