So I just put new springs on from carrier spring service. Parabolics in the front and I just did the rear. The truck sits about 1" High in the back, is this normal? I was thinking about putting a load in it to squash the back end down.

 

Here ya go.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...light=concrete

 

Does the rear have a block under the spring? You can always put an inch smaller block in.

 

Yeah, I used the rear blocks, I'm going to see what he has for me tomorrow. Other than that they have been great to work with. Truck rides really well and smooth, just happy my back end doesn't sag anymore.

 

Two questions...

#1. Where are you measuring the distances to determine where the truck sits high in the rear ?

Don't measure the wheel wells, but measure the body line near the bottom of the truck. This gives you a more accurate comparison.

#2 Do you not like the 1 " rise ? To me, an inch taller in the back end of the truck is simply perfect, and with any cargo placed back there, other than a couple of tons of material, it would basically sit dead level.

 

Yeah I think I'm going to keep it as is. The more I look at it the more I really like it. I just need to get some ubolts, the ones on there now are not long enough, I ran out of thread. I might be able to forge a plate out of the old springs to give me some more head space.

Next question I have is.. does anyone make a rear shackle? I ended up burning out the bushings from the rear shackle. I also notice that it was really punky and had a lot of scaled rust. I PM Jungle so hopefully he can help me out. Other than that I could probably fab something up.

 

I sandblasted and painted my rear shackles, they worked fine. Jungle can supply you with bushings for the shackle, they have to be turned down some in a lathe though. The shackle bushing is an odd size.