56 inch rear springs

[WHITE-NOISE]

who can tell me where to get a "heavier" rear 56 inch leaf spring set, the ones in my 68 are shot and i would like to get at least a 7 leaf pack.....i thought about swaping in a set from a 1 ton 80's truck but they are skinnier than than mine. i think mine are 3 inches wide and the newer ones are 2.5?

[morgan71]

Originally Posted by WHITE-NOISE

who can tell me where to get a "heavier" rear 56 inch leaf spring set, the ones in my 68 are shot and i would like to get at least a 7 leaf pack.....i thought about swaping in a set from a 1 ton 80's truck but they are skinnier than than mine. i think mine are 3 inches wide and the newer ones are 2.5?

As far as I know you cant buy rear springs for your truck off the shelf. I had mine for my 67 custom made by Tulsa Spring in Tulsa OK. I had 5 leaves with an overload made the correct length and added two inches of lift these springs cost me $500. You can use a 2.5 inch wide springs by using spacers in the front spring eye mounts. www.diy4x.com has some. You could use some from a eighties one ton but the center pin will not be in the same position as your truck, I suppose you could drill and relocate the center pin, or use the add a inch block from diy4x that will allow you to adjust the axle centering pin up to "1 1/2. Hope I helped some.

[WHITE-NOISE]

Originally Posted by morgan71

As far as I know you cant buy rear springs for your truck off the shelf. I had mine for my 67 custom made by Tulsa Spring in Tulsa OK. I had 5 leaves with an overload made the correct length and added two inches of lift these springs cost me $500. You can use a 2.5 inch wide springs by using spacers in the front spring eye mounts. www.diy4x.com has some. You could use some from a eighties one ton but the center pin will not be in the same position as your truck, I suppose you could drill and relocate the center pin, or use the add a inch block from diy4x that will allow you to adjust the axle centering pin up to "1 1/2. Hope I helped some.

thanks for the info man, i ended up ordering a set of "zero rate add a leafs" from offroaddesign.com that will allow me to move the axle forward without moving all the spring hangers.