...Alcan 53 inch front spring swap...with new pics 3-10-10

[tRustyK5]

Leave the rears alone if it works good now. My opinion (take that for what it's worth...) is that if it sees any significant street time you should have stiffer more stable springs at one end or the other. My truck worked excellent with kinda stiff front Rancho's and stupid soft 57" rear Ford springs. The front spring kept the truck stable...but the soft rears got me the flex I wanted.

Once I had super soft springs front and rear all the decent handling went out the window.

My Alcan's may have been specc'd a lot softer than yours...not sure as I got em used. I had 11 leaf fronts, and 9 leaf rears. The leafs were very thin...

With no load there was ~16" of free arch to them

That comparison is with the 57" rear springs I had...which also have a ridiculous amount of free arch.

Rene

 

[Adventurous 4x4]

Got a website for the place that built the front shaft? What did it run you cost wise?

 

[rob h]

adventurous.......

Tattons driveshaft , curtis is real good to deal with and the service seems good too. I found it in ebay searching for a 1350 shaft He has an ebay store, some guys here have shafts from him and no complaints. Ill pm you..

tRustyk5.......

my alcans i bought 2nd hand but were never used and are 2.5 wide and if i remember correctly, with 10 inches of arch sitting on the floor and 9 leaves (i think ..lol) My rears are new stockers with another leaf and no overload and a 6inch shackle, like a medium stiffness. (mite help handling)

 

[rob h]

.....New parts.....

Shaft came in today, real nice, 31 pounds of beef...lol ...Pic doesnt do it any justice, if i break this ive gota problem. Shock mounts i had made up from diy4x to give me a little more outa my shocks up front. Still waiting for the new front yoke to come in, will be here by wed the 24th. I will also be adding Rancho 9000xl adjustables to the front and rear in the 99012 14inch travel. Here is the shaft and the shock mounts, ive gotta order 2 more taller ones for the front.