Leaf Springs
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From: Kempner/Waco, TX
Leaf Springs
I am thinking about raising my truck and i was wondering how hard it would be to just add leaves in order to do it. I mean is it as easy as just throwing a couple of packs together in order to achieve the desired effect or am i just completely ignorant on the topic. The truck is a 1969 F-250 Highboy with a 360.
P.S. Are the front springs supposed to be nearly flat. It has been bugging me ever since i got the truck from my uncle.
Thanks in advance,
Michael
P.S. Are the front springs supposed to be nearly flat. It has been bugging me ever since i got the truck from my uncle.
Thanks in advance,
Michael
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From: Burbank, CA
There are shops around that specialize in repair and rebuilding truck leaf strings. They have a process called "re-arching" which essentially means bending in more curvature. This is done with a big honkin' press and special dies.
If you add more leaves, you'll make the springs stiffer. This may raise the truck up somewhat, but you'll pay a price. It'll ride like an empty dump truck. The better approach is to keep the spring rate the same, but gain the height by re-arching. For ride and stability, a higher arch spring of the right spring rate is better than any add-on boosters or long shackles.
Take the springs off the truck and carry them into the spring shop. They can repair, rebuild, and re-arch your springs to whatever you need. And it isn't that expensive. That's what they do.
If you add more leaves, you'll make the springs stiffer. This may raise the truck up somewhat, but you'll pay a price. It'll ride like an empty dump truck. The better approach is to keep the spring rate the same, but gain the height by re-arching. For ride and stability, a higher arch spring of the right spring rate is better than any add-on boosters or long shackles.
Take the springs off the truck and carry them into the spring shop. They can repair, rebuild, and re-arch your springs to whatever you need. And it isn't that expensive. That's what they do.
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