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8 Low
- Thread starter nedceifus
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My wife inadvertently named this truck last night. (8 low) I was trying to explain to her about the dual transfer cases & told her that you could shift it into 4 low twice. She says "so you have 8 low?!"
8 low & I took a little trip into town tonight. I had just wired the tail lights & decided to make a pass down O Street Lincoln NE for shits & giggles. O Street was insane. It was like a full on moving car show. Burnouts everywhere, law enforcement everywhere, people everywhere. The Sub got its first test sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. Also motivating down the highway. Today is the first time I had more than 5 galleons of gas in her also. Rides good with weight in the rear. I'm pretty happy overall. Drives pretty good, rides nice, stops good. It does have a little bit of what I would call a bearing noise when I let out of the throttle at hwy speed. Almost wonder if I forgot something when I put my doubler together.
I'm thinking more & more about springs. The 52's are OK, but I want better than OK. I'm talking ride quality. My family is going to spend a lot of time in this truck in rough stuff. Links is the ultimate goal but for now a set of Deavers sounds pretty tempting. This thing is taking a turn from crawler to trail truck. I'll get way more use out of it if I can drive it to the trail & not have to trailer it.
Once you have custom springs you'll never go back. I would suggest getting ORD springs custom built, even though mine are just second hand Deaversthey were worth the money
I'm about done with the 52's & I have not even got started..... to correct my caster I redrilled my shackles. Put the truck on the ground, shackles had way too much angle. Moved the axle one hole forward in my B-52's. shocks are now out of alignment with mounting tabs. Springs are nearly flat at ride height. Overloads are ingaged constantly & it does not ride near to its potential.
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In my opinion my axle is now too far forward. My tie rod is nearly touching my spring plate on the passenger side. Drag link is angled forward too far to reach the axle. I could move the rear shackle back. I am not going to do that. ORD springs just made the short list. 
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sounds like your 52's are hammered.
I really do like my ord springs
Did you move your upper shackle hanger forward or is it in the stock location?
Kinda sounds like some of your issues would be resolved w/ some springs that had more spring in them.
If links is the ultimate goal why not just go there.
In reality I'm talking vs custom springs.
Cost is really dependant on how much you can fab. I have done radius arms and deaver bronco coils on a truck for less than custom springs would cost.
I wouldn't do it that way but a modified radius arm setup can be done fairly thriftily.
Not saying you should but saying you might investigate the actual cost
