saging spring fix?? its fixed!!!

[ToughOldFord]

It's not too pricey to re-arc a set of springs. However, re-arching only lasts so long by itself. I had a set re-arched for an old International a few years back and the guy that did it also added a leaf for support and it was pretty reasonable and is still holding it's own.

[FORDification]

Just out of curiosity, did you also measure the front? It's been my experience that often it's the front springs that will sag first. When one front spring sags, it'll raise the opposite rear a little (e.g. when the left/front spring sags, the right/rear raises up). In fact, there were enough complaining customers that Ford even issued a Technical Service Bulletin article on this issue, and dictated that the ailing front spring be shimmed (up to two shims). The shims look like this (pictures provided by a forum member):

[wildcard]

FWIW, I got a set from a salvage yard a few years ago. If I remember correctly, they torched out the entire rear end and set it in my bed for around $50. I gave the rearend to a local racer and he's still using it. Thy love those 9" rears.

[td]

yes Keith i did measure the front, the right side (pass) was about 1/4'' lower but i thought it was probably because the right rear was measuring 11/4 lower than the left rear i see your point on the lower front corner bringing up the opposite rear corner. do you think the front right being 1/4'' lower than the left front would make the rear left 11/4'' higher than the right rear?? when i reread this post its almost confusing but i think you'll understand it Keith.

[td]

got it sittin 26'' from the ground to the fender lip all the way around !!! i had to remove the overload from the drivers rear and add a 1'' block to the pass. rear. that did it , got the rear sittin perfectly level and the front right came up the 1/4'' it was down. its not text book fix but all i had to buy was $12 worth of longer u-bolt for the pass. rear. thanks for your input everyone!!

[427blackpearl]

nothing like a cheep fix
good to see its fixed and ready to rock

[td]

nothing like a cheep fix
good to see its fixed and ready to rock

you got that right Brad!! gotta save every i can for all that fuel im gonna burn towing the bump to the rodrun!! whew!! not looking forward to that fuel bill

[427blackpearl]

yea but look how much fun youll have when you get here
you wont even think about the fuel till sun. and go to the gas station to go back home

[td]

i'll be taking donations if you want to pitch in

[427blackpearl]

heres my

[td]

thanks!