Axel Weight/ suspension question
I have a 97 20' born free on a ford e-350 dually and I would like the rear end to sit a little higher. The spring pack on it looks a bit tired, saggy and rusted so that is where i was planning to star...
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landlordy wrote:Springs are usually speced individually.
I have a 97 20' born free on a ford e-350 dually and I would like the rear end to sit a little higher. The spring pack on it looks a bit tired, saggy and rusted so that is where i was planning to start. I was chatting with a member on another thread who told me to get my rig weighed which I have now done. My rear axel has a max weight of 7500 pounds and weighed in at 6000 which is good, but the largest capacity spring set I can find is a 10 leaf pack w a capacity of 5000. The current spring pack on it has 8 springs. My gut tells me this 5000 pound heavy duty set will be good enough. Do I need to make sure the springs are speced exactly for the weight of my rig? Any help is appreciated
So your 10 pack of leafs would be good for 5000 X 2= 10000#.
And they do not need to be matched perfectly.
If you are concerned, it is not too hare to remove one leaf from the 10 pack. That should be very close to a perfect match.
