add a leaf or spring pack
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From: Thomasville, GA
Just gave you another. How many do you have now? It's in your User CP.
First one is free, 100 for the second one.
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First one is free, 100 for the second one.
Read here for the Green Bean scoop from our super mod.
Scroll down to post #12
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/4...on-points.html
Thanks Jim! And Rick!
Sorry for hijacking this thread...
Hotshot
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Ashland City, TN
I can't rep ya, I tried again.
Not enough love to spread. =\
And Dan, while I somewhat agree with you.
The metal fails eventually. Ive got an add a leaf in mine, and the front sags.
I'm not worried about sagging in the back under a load, i can't get the springs in the back to bend at all. But then, I got 2 spring packs put together in the back thanks to a P/O.
Bushings are the most important part of the spring packs, Check those and keep an eye on stuff.
changing them isn't bad. just need some jacks and jack stands.
Throw the frame on the jack stand so you can get the axle down, dpending on 250 or 350.
and just unbolt the u-bolts, and personally, i would replace them, but thats me, and take out the spring pack, put in the new pack, and jack the axle back up under the pack and line up the centering pin, and put on the new bolts and torque.
I believe its like 80 lbs or 120, somewhere in there.
Not enough love to spread. =\
And Dan, while I somewhat agree with you.
The metal fails eventually. Ive got an add a leaf in mine, and the front sags.
I'm not worried about sagging in the back under a load, i can't get the springs in the back to bend at all. But then, I got 2 spring packs put together in the back thanks to a P/O.
Bushings are the most important part of the spring packs, Check those and keep an eye on stuff.
changing them isn't bad. just need some jacks and jack stands.
Throw the frame on the jack stand so you can get the axle down, dpending on 250 or 350.
and just unbolt the u-bolts, and personally, i would replace them, but thats me, and take out the spring pack, put in the new pack, and jack the axle back up under the pack and line up the centering pin, and put on the new bolts and torque.
I believe its like 80 lbs or 120, somewhere in there.
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From: West Texas
I'd still find a spring shop. I have done enough leaf spring bushings to do them in my sleep and I still hate them. I'd rather rebuild an automatic transmission than do one spring bushing! Seriously.
So when a spring wears out you're saying you can't fix it? The metal doesn't go anywhere. Why not? This shop here takes them all the way apart and puts them back together with new hardware and they are as good as new. I love the work he does. Any shop that has a lot of big trucks has a spring shop somewhere. Just look in the yellow pages.
I hate doing springs because my brother was helping me replace the front coils on my 65 mustang once and you can imagine what happened. I will always hate messing with springs after that.
That fender and my shoulder got kinda expensive.
So when a spring wears out you're saying you can't fix it? The metal doesn't go anywhere. Why not? This shop here takes them all the way apart and puts them back together with new hardware and they are as good as new. I love the work he does. Any shop that has a lot of big trucks has a spring shop somewhere. Just look in the yellow pages.
I hate doing springs because my brother was helping me replace the front coils on my 65 mustang once and you can imagine what happened. I will always hate messing with springs after that.
That fender and my shoulder got kinda expensive.
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Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Ashland City, TN
I was talking about "modifying" them, as in re-curving them dan.
What your talking about is fine.
they will torque down the pack properly and put on good hardware and bushings.
Re-curving just seems hit or miss.
What your talking about is fine.
they will torque down the pack properly and put on good hardware and bushings.
Re-curving just seems hit or miss.
