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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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front leaf springs question

my front leafs on my 99 F250SD look flat to me. is this normal or do they come pretty flat from the factory. got under it yesterday and looked at them and noticed the ford only comes with 2 leafs up front for each side. was just used to my jeep which had 5 leafs.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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That's pretty much the norm for all of the ones I've seen. Of course, there's also a difference between the capacity of the springs in the CJ versus the SD. They vary in thickness, strength, etc.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 07:23 AM
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I agree with John on this one the springs on mine are flat also. When you see a negative arch then it is time to start thinking about replacement.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 11:39 AM
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right on. thanks for the info
 
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