well i have decided to replace everything, lol, the leaf springs and shock absorbers. i have found that you can buy extra heavy duty leaf spring kits for the truck, but im not sure how well that would ride??? i just want something that i will have trouble breaking. I know ive picked the right truck for that!!! lol

 

You wouldn't have to lift your truck really high to run 35s I have 36's on my truck and all I have is a 3" body lift, it will barely rub if I cut it all the way to one side or the other and I am going to take care of that pretty soon. Its a 90 f250

I am also running 315 75 16's (pretty much 35" tires) on my 04 f250 with only an add a leaf leveling kit.

 

try goin to a junk yard and picking up f350 springs.that will also level your truck.if you use your truck for towing and hauling you dont want anything more than a 2" lift for obvious reasons.another reason these always sit lower in the front is to compensate for a heavy load in the back.ever hauled something that sags the rear end lower than the front?the handling goes to crap.if its a big deal put bags in the front you should be able to find a set for about $150.00

 

hey thanks rupejosh, yea i was considering going to the junk yard and savaging, it one of my favorite pastimes. you say f350 springs because they are thicker or there would be more of them on a f350? just curious. 2inches of lift is all i want and will ever need, the truck rides high enough as it is with sagging suspension! lol

 

Although there are different spring rates available, F250 and F350 springs are the same.

The 94 and earlier diesels all have negative arch springs, they look like they are bent the wrong way.

On the TTB front axle, all it takes is about 1" of lift to get the alignment so far out of whack that it can not be corrected with adjustments.

How much clearance between the bump stop and the axle when sitting on a flat level place?

 

lift ur truck 4 inch and run 35s more flex than a 2 inch

 

if you tow or haul 4 inches is a pain and a the farther a drop receiver goes the weaker it is IMO.if your worried about the sagging or whatever just nab some springs and a new set of bushings and you will be runnin good .

 

The F350's do tend to have a lower spring rate than the F250's, but, the springs are pretty much the same, with some of the F350's having a slight positive arch.
I have seen the heavy duty stock replacement springs cause enough of a ride height change to require the biggest camber bushings we could find. 2" above stock is seriously the maximum I would want to go on a TTB front end, and even then you may have issues getting it re-aligned. For what a TTB lift worth buying is worth, you can buy a D60, which all by itself will give you about 2" of lift... LOL
Also, before you blame things on your springs, give your shackle bushings a good looking over, dang near every one of these trucks with any miles on it I have seen has the front shackle bushings pounded out of it.

All of that said, this is my 6.9 truck with sagged out springs, and not so great shackle bushings(it sits 3/4" off the bumpstops at rest) with a 2" BL and 315's on it:
http://www.bigblocksix.com/f100swb/8...dieselw35s.jpg
In all reality, even with 33's, it required a 6" drop receiver for most trailers, which I ended up bending a few times(15K + behind the truck...) I much prefer being able to use the good old 2" solid stock with 3 ***** welded on style insert.

This is my Buddy's 86 before we re-built it, in these pics, it still has TTB, only a 3" BL, and a F350 4" rear block in place of the stock F250 one. Those are 37's on it:
http://www.bigblocksix.com/f100swb/8...Untitled-1.jpg
On these trucks, a 3" body lift gives roughly the same amount of tire clearance that a 4" suspension lift will, and that is plenty. Heck, 4" of lift and some trimming on the fenders, and you could put 40's on there with no issues.
I have 38.5 Boggers on my wheeling pig with all stock F350 suspension up front, what ends up being about stock F250 height in the rear, and a 3" bl on the cab, with no lift on the bed(It's going goodbye, hence why I haven't bothered lifting it,) and just the wheelwells cut back to the body line.
http://www.bigblocksix.com/f100swb/f...romupsala2.jpg
I have bolted 44's on it as it sits, and if I trimmed the front fenders back to the body line like I did the rears, I could run them pretty much without issue.

 

And when you look at the front spring bushings, the shackle end up inside the frame will be the first one to go.

When it goes, you lose about 1" of bump stop clearance.

With my plow I had a set of front springs built with two extra leaves in each spring pack.
I took one back out it rode so rough.

 

oooh, so i souldnt lift a TTB(that means twin traction beam right?) more than 2 inches due to alignment problems. what is the best solid axle for an f250?

 

dana 60 is the beast

 

oh yea? ok, im thinking of going to the junk yard and searching for all of this stuff. how do i identify a dana 60 axle?

 

its big and in f350

 

hahaha ok thanks joe!

 

if u need help i can and help u i got nothing beter to do