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57s front or rear???or 56s front or rear

twoslo4five0

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i have a set of gm 56s for my truck and a set of ford 57s...whch should i intall where...i was thinking the 57s in the front but now im thinking the rear..
 
Stomper is running ford 57s in the rear. He posted some flex pics awhile back.
 
My 57's are from a half ton and are 2.5" wide, so I had no problem running them in the rear. Crazy flexy....

I know some people are running the 3" version of the 57's on the front of heavier rigs with no problems. But I have no personal experience with them. I would have to assume they flex like mad too.

As 1967k10 said, the 2.5" springs are way to soft for the front application....imho
 
i thought most people were getting away from the 57's on the rear because they bend too easily. i bought a blazer with 57's on the rear all bent up and the guy said the springs lasted 6 hours wheeling before they were no longer usable.
 
the ones i have came out the rear of a bronco...they are 3 inches wide which i think makes a big diffrence....they have 5 leaves in the pack...a bronco and a blazer are about the same weight so i dont see why as long as you didnt remove any leaves and had some sort of anti-wrap device (wraptor) why it would matter...
 
fourwheelerjeff said:
i thought most people were getting away from the 57's on the rear because they bend too easily. i bought a blazer with 57's on the rear all bent up and the guy said the springs lasted 6 hours wheeling before they were no longer usable.
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If you don't control axle wrap, I have no doubt they would be toast that fast.
 
twoslo4five0 said:
bump got another set today so how about 57s front and rear :)
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that would work as long as you gave me the 56's. :D

whats wrong with what you have now? haven't you been wheeling it with success? or are you just used to always working on something and now you are bored?
 
my truck is in pieces it has been for weeks now...i have a doubler and a hp 60 i have to put in...i only put it togher for the ure trail ride...

i dont have a set of 56s yet,thats the reason im thinking of using both sets of 57s...
 
jms said:
I've been following these threads sorta casually, and I'm starting to wonder how much suspension flex do you actually need? Have you considered that by going to the most flexible, soft leaf set, you might be trading off real world on-trail stability? With 600+ lbs of unsprung weight (and given how fast an axle can move when a truck starts to bounce, I wouldn't necessarily buy the argument that unsprung weight doesn't matter at low trail speeds...) at each end and soft springs, a lot is going to depend on shocks and a rear traction bar, and the front end is still going to hop on climbs unless you tie it down with the winch. Add big tires at low air pressure (which basically are an un-dampened air bag spring) to the mix, and it might become difficult to get the power to the ground. It's your truck, but I'm just wondering...
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i see what your saying but you can make up with it in the valveing of the shocks..if your gonna do something like this you have to buy some bling-bling shocks to go with it...
 
jms said:
I've been following these threads sorta casually, and I'm starting to wonder how much suspension flex do you actually need? Have you considered that by going to the most flexible, soft leaf set, you might be trading off real world on-trail stability? With 600+ lbs of unsprung weight (and given how fast an axle can move when a truck starts to bounce, I wouldn't necessarily buy the argument that unsprung weight doesn't matter at low trail speeds...) at each end and soft springs, a lot is going to depend on shocks and a rear traction bar, and the front end is still going to hop on climbs unless you tie it down with the winch. Add big tires at low air pressure (which basically are an un-dampened air bag spring) to the mix, and it might become difficult to get the power to the ground. It's your truck, but I'm just wondering...
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I agree. Just make up your mind & do your swap already please. :rolleyes:
 
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