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Camper_Jeff___K
Nomad III
Dec 27, 2018

VIDEO I Install 4400 Pound Rear Leaf Springs. TC Rides Great

VIDEO: Install Heavier Rear Leaf Springs To Better Haul The Truck Camper.

I Installed Heavier Rear Leaf Springs On My Truck To Better Haul My Truck Camper. Works Great, What A Difference!!!

IN THIS VIDEO, I Show Step By Step, Wheels Off To Wheels On, How To Install Larger, 4400 Pound Rated Rear Leaf Springs In My 2000 FORD F-250 For Hauling My Truck Camper. The Truck With The Camper On Rides So Much Nicer. Turns Are Much Flatter, Swaying Is Much Less, Bounce On The Road is Less, Handles Road Bumps Hugely Better.
A BIG WINNER PROJECT
Parts = $550.00 From SD Truck Springs
Shipping, An Embarrassing $260.00

This Video Shows The Entire Installation


OLD SPRINGS


NEW SPRINGS
Truck Campers
  • Camper_Jeff___K's avatar
    Camper_Jeff___K
    Nomad III
    Dec 28, 2018
    SidecarFlip wrote:
    All well and good but.... Never use a hand drive socket with an impact wrench. Only use impact sockets. The sidewall is too thin on a hand socket and they may fail, in fact, they will at some point. Impact sockets ad drive accessories will all be black oxide. Hand sockets and accessories will be polished or bright chrome plated.



    I don't doubt that advice and I've heard it, given it, many times over the last 40 years, privately and professionally. In all that time, I have never had one break. That particular impact air gun I don't think has the power to do so. Nonetheless, good advice as always.
  • SidecarFlip's avatar
    SidecarFlip
    Explorer III
    Dec 28, 2018
    All well and good but.... Never use a hand drive socket with an impact wrench. Only use impact sockets. The sidewall is too thin on a hand socket and they may fail, in fact, they will at some point. Impact sockets ad drive accessories will all be black oxide. Hand sockets and accessories will be polished or bright chrome plated.
  • bwlyon's avatar
    bwlyon
    Explorer
    Dec 28, 2018
    Nice work! Amazing what a little more spring rate will do for overall handling with the camper on.

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