Check your rear spring !!!!!
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Check your rear spring !!!!!
I went to install my lift today and noticed both rear leaf spring were broken in half... The main leaf is the one that broke on both sides.. This is not the first truck I've seen this one.. I've seen it on trucks that don't even hardly see a gravel or dirt road.. This may be a ford weak spring issue, but I've seen it on 4 trucks now... My own (that gets used like a truck) and 3 others that get used very lightly in comparison !!
When the main leaf breaks.. you have nothing that really holds that rear axle into your truck... A dangerous situation in my opinion !! I never even noticed it until I went to pull them out...
So.. the lift didn't get installed.. instead I went on a spring hunt
Found 2 new springs and will be installing the lift tomorrow !
When the main leaf breaks.. you have nothing that really holds that rear axle into your truck... A dangerous situation in my opinion !! I never even noticed it until I went to pull them out...
So.. the lift didn't get installed.. instead I went on a spring hunt
Found 2 new springs and will be installing the lift tomorrow !
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which spring in the pack are you referring to? in reference from top to bottom of the pack. Bottom being the spring that sits on the block. I know the bottom spring has cracked on several trucks, mine being one of them.
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its the main spring.. I'll have to check in the morning as to what number it is in the pack.. but its the one that you bolt to the frame.... the one that has the 2 ends on it !! Does that make sense ?????
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Ya.. you got it Mike !! Thats the one !! I think this is a common thing and would advise everyone to keep an eye on it.. maybe inspect them everytime you rotate your tires or something... My truck is wondering all over the road and I thought I had a problem up in the front end,.. didn't think it was in the rear ?? This would make it dog track all over in my opinion !!
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Ill have to look at mine tomorrow. My driver side spring is sitting lower than the pass side. I just figured it was getting time for new springs on the rear, replaced the fronts last fall.
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You've already replace your fronts. How many miles do you have? Did you replace the whole shabang? Not trying to hi-jack....
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I haven't noticed any weird vibs... I did notice the leafs clanking together yesterday on a rough section of road.. now that I look back on it.. but I thought it was my sway bar bushings back there because I knew they were hooped !! I had to buy a whole new sway bar set up for the rear because the bolt oblonged the hole in the bar itself,.. I was going to weld it up and fill the hole back to normal size but I found another complete bar with drop links for $120... didn't think it was worth the time screwin around with !
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Thats what youve got me thinking now!!
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Ok guys.. Here are a couple of pics of the broken springs.. Both of the rear's were broken in the same spot ! Just infront of the u-bolts !!https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...photoid=185693
