Driveshaft appears to have plenty slip left. THe axle is pushed back a tad, you'd only notice if i told you or if you're really looking, but shouldn't bother me, it will give bigger tires more clearance on the front of the fender anyways. I pulled both leaf packs apart and added highboy leafs to the superduty leafs. but then a longer shackle is going to give the 2" back. Drivers side is sitting 2" higher than before, but the leaf is hitting the frame (shackle not long enough), so probably a little less than 2". Set the truck down on the springs, drivers side has superduty springs in (not done) and passenger still has highboy springs. going to have to do those tomorrow at work. Made new shackles that are a tad longer than original. It's not the working part that takes forever its the thinking, so once i have this side done the other side will be probably 30 minutes while this side is 5 hours. I started at noon and I still don't have one side down. Starting the swap tomorrow morning, should be done by noon, and i'll be putting the 35's on. Will know tomorrow!) lift, that should ride the same as skyjackers from what i've been reading, and should flex well. Springs are sitting in the flatbed waiting to go on. I offered $60, he accepted, then he happened to have to come to Sacramento so on the way back he stopped by my town and dropped them off, super nice guy! I found a guy on craigslist with a set of springs for $100, an hour away. SPrings shouldn't be too hard to find, lots of people lifting their superduty's. I should be sitting around 2-3" of lift, I will measure at the fender.įrom what i have read, these springs ride great, and actually flex pretty dang well. I will also be taking a leaf or two from the stock highboy pack and adding it to the super duty pack for a little more lift. Rear shackle can be extended a little, without any steering issues (extend the hanger too much and you'll throw caster off too much and it will cause slow/funny steering). Fix this by slicing the military wrap portion of the leaf off.įront bushing sleeve diameter is larger in the superduty bushings than the highboy ones are, so the highboy spring hangers must be drilled out a little.Ĭenter pin is not in the exact same spot as the stock springs, it's slightly off but isn't enough to cause issues. The military wrap will not fit in a stock highboy hanger. The pack thickness of the stock springs are about twice as thick as the two leafs in the superduty pack, so new u-bolts arn't necessary (although not a bad idea to replace u-bolts). Stock highboy springs have 6 leafs (heavier duty highboys anyways, i believe there is also 5 pack highboy springs stock. The lower leaf has a military wrap, in other words, the lower leaf wraps around the main leaf on the front. There are 2 thick leaves in a super duty pack. I've been reading up on putting superduty springs in a highboy, and here's what i have found out.ġ998-2004 superduty's have front springs that will almost bolt in to the front of a highboy. I was going to buy the skyjacker 2" spring kit, but I don't think I'll want to after i'm done with this. I know i'm not the only one that can't afford to spend the cash on skyjacker lift springs for $600.
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