Leaf spring delema!
#1
Leaf spring delema!
So I got the sag... Like This "||(0" when it should be like this "||)0". (Tilt your head to the left silly. )
I got it bad I know, however with all the added weight in the rear (33" tire on 15" steel wheel on roof, box & battery, air system, roof basket, trail gear, hitch basket.) I am worried that if I just replace the springs with OEM springs I will still have sag.
What are my options? are there compatible springs that will hold more weight without standing too tall when unweighted? If I order custom springs, is there some kinda "alteration" I would want them to do to the OEM specs? I could add shackles; but do I really want to? Would air shocks help? etc.
Background: My rear is a ford 8.8 from a ~98 explorer. This axle has a 3.25" tube, so instead of using the superlift supplied riser ~1" bracket the axle is just under-overed which creates the rears 5-6" lift.
I got it bad I know, however with all the added weight in the rear (33" tire on 15" steel wheel on roof, box & battery, air system, roof basket, trail gear, hitch basket.) I am worried that if I just replace the springs with OEM springs I will still have sag.
What are my options? are there compatible springs that will hold more weight without standing too tall when unweighted? If I order custom springs, is there some kinda "alteration" I would want them to do to the OEM specs? I could add shackles; but do I really want to? Would air shocks help? etc.
Background: My rear is a ford 8.8 from a ~98 explorer. This axle has a 3.25" tube, so instead of using the superlift supplied riser ~1" bracket the axle is just under-overed which creates the rears 5-6" lift.
#2
this may work for you.
i had the same sag issue..so what i did was get a spring pack from the yard from a z85 blazer (100.00) then i took the largest leaf outta my original pack and cut the eyelets off, then added it to the yard pack and made a bastard pack that essentially also gave a a free add a leaf.
i think it did the job and then some...i have those autozone shackles double up and i had to take them in a notch to level the truck...i gained and inch if i had left it. now i like the raked look but it was a bit much.
i had the same sag issue..so what i did was get a spring pack from the yard from a z85 blazer (100.00) then i took the largest leaf outta my original pack and cut the eyelets off, then added it to the yard pack and made a bastard pack that essentially also gave a a free add a leaf.
i think it did the job and then some...i have those autozone shackles double up and i had to take them in a notch to level the truck...i gained and inch if i had left it. now i like the raked look but it was a bit much.
#4
this may work for you.
i had the same sag issue..so what i did was get a spring pack from the yard from a z85 blazer (100.00) then i took the largest leaf outta my original pack and cut the eyelets off, then added it to the yard pack and made a bastard pack that essentially also gave a a free add a leaf.
i think it did the job and then some...i have those autozone shackles double up and i had to take them in a notch to level the truck...i gained and inch if i had left it. now i like the raked look but it was a bit much.
i had the same sag issue..so what i did was get a spring pack from the yard from a z85 blazer (100.00) then i took the largest leaf outta my original pack and cut the eyelets off, then added it to the yard pack and made a bastard pack that essentially also gave a a free add a leaf.
i think it did the job and then some...i have those autozone shackles double up and i had to take them in a notch to level the truck...i gained and inch if i had left it. now i like the raked look but it was a bit much.
#5
Im also in your boat so im probably going to do the same thing he did.
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