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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 06:29 AM
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Rear Spring Hangers

The rear spring hangers on my one 93 are looking sad. I can see through parts of the one side and last night I hauled part of a 2 1/2 truck home and I was a little nervous about breaking one of them.

Aside from a dealer (which is a last resort at the current price, I could buy two sets for a ford for the price of one set.) and salavage yards which I have contacted some and they don't have anything at the moment. Is there anything else that will work in its place with little or no modifications?

I looked a kelderman air ride suppensions and I don't need to spend a $1000 on this. Worst case I'm going to have my dad fabricate a set from 3/8 plate.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 06:32 AM
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If your pops can fab some up, that'd be the way to go. You can get them as beefy as you want that way. Sadly, my 1/2 ton parts truck has the exact same shackles as my w-250, so don't count out the bone yard just cause they don't have a 250 series truck.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 08:34 AM
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The yard I contacted don't have anything including 1/2 trucks that have good hangers on them. I don't want any garbage. It starting to look like they're going to be fabbed up from plate and made so the road dirt and salt won't lay in them.
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 01:00 PM
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Wow, you eastern guys have all the luck, I sure wish we used salt on the road so my truck could rust to pieces too..... Alright just kidding, I would go with the fabed pieces as well, if yiu wanted a bit of lit you could hang them down a bit lower and not need blocks or new springs .
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 06:16 PM
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if you can weld...
http://www.offroadexchange.com/proje...er_rear_su.htm
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 10:01 PM
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Did you try a local parts store?

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