The bend is pretty minor. I have a good amount of miles on mine now with no issues so far ( knock on wood ). I will see if I can find a way to accurately measure the bend for reference. That was one of the only things I had to build on the fly....

My truck sits 1/2"+ lower than 'skyjacker' 2" springs if I remember right. I was doing some measurements one night with another guys truck off expedition portal. My main leaves are stock with added leaves for height, kinda the worst case for spring clearance.

As I have said before, its a delicate balance between spring pack pack thickness and steering arm height to get the drag link in the right spot. As the spring pack gets less 'thick' you need to reduce the height of the steering arm. At some point the steering arm will not be able to get short enough ( vertically ) and you may have more clearance problems at the engine crossmember, or have to add more bend to the drag link to add more clearance.

 

Still have to grind down the edge of the crossmember.

 

Right on, glad yours went well.

 

Wondering if Meiser could take a few measurements and we can compare. Drivers side from the bottom of the frame to the top of the leafpack, in the middle would probably be best.

I get 6'' from top of leaf pack (right in front of u-bolt plate) to bottom of frame.

 

I have 22 3/8'' from top of hub (lockout) to bottom of fender lip.

 

I will get some measurements at lunch today, sorry I didn't check the thread earlier....

 

1990, those are some BEEFY front leaf springs! wow

 

I believe they are stock. I got them out off a 1993 Club cab diesel. Each one has to weight at least 60 lb.

 

Just shy of 23" from hub to fender lip
6.5" from the top of the spring pack to the frame

Hope that helps.

 

Hmmm, not near as much difference as it looks like in the pictures. One thing i think i have to look at is how high the pitman arm sits on the steering box shaft.

Maybe when you get a chance take a measurement from the top of the leaf spring to the bottom of the TRE.

So you figure you have 2'' lift? Looks like we are very similar.

 

I would say that my truck has about 1.5-2" of lift in the front to level it. It sits lower than the skyjacker 2" (?) springs by about 1/2".

I will get a measurement for you. My TRE sits at just about the EXACT same level as the bottom of the steering box shaft threads. My arm sits pretty high on the box for sure.

 

Right now i have ~1 1/4" between the top of the leaf pack and the bottom of the TRE.

 

Looks like stock +1 leaf.

 

Mine is just shy of 2 5/8" to the grease nipple on the TRE.

I wonder what it that different? You have small blocks under your factory springs correct? They must be pretty darn reverse arched!

My pitman arm sits very high on the steering box. I did taper the TRE hole myself and did make it sit fairly deep on the taper?

 

My leafs are just neg. arched. Yours are still fairly pos. arched which is making the difference. I can also work on the pitman arm sitting higher in the steering box.


Side by side comparison:

NOTE: The bottom pic has the wrong TRE taper which is allowing the TRE to sit much deeper in the pitman arm than it should.