front lift

[Guss]

i know that blocks in the front are illeagal but what if you welded taller spring perched on to the axle????


just curious

 

[camiswelding]

disaster in the making.....

no .... for lots of reasons

the stress on the axle would lead to failure....

need I say more

 

[icer97]

As cheap as springs are, dont put your life in danger over a few $$$.

 

[resurrected_jimmy]

Your end result is the same as lift blocks, taller u-bolts when you steer to much stress is put on them, the end result is bad

 

[jekbrown]

yeah, the only time I'd recommend tall perches would be on rockwells. They aren't such a big deal with them because the housing is ungodly thick and its square. Anyway for other axles, assuming the fabrication/welding was well done, I'm sure you could get away with a slightly taller perch (like an inch) but I personally wouldn't go any more than that.

j

 

[JeffHK5]

If 1" is enough then go with ORD Zero rate , it's nothing more than a bolt-in lift block. It also has the ability to stretch wheelbase with the offset drilled location of the center pin.

A 1" "spacer" between the perch and spring pack is the limit on the front and any more will have bad results.

If it didn't fall apart in the first hour of wheeling from side load on the blocks it would make some crazy upsidedown wheel hop, then BANG!


Jeff

 

[Guss]

yeah i figured as much but cant blame a guy for being curious. thanks guys

 

[gravdigr]

As a side note I'm gonna try just adding a leaf or 2 to the front springs and see if that makes any lift (I only need 2"). I have 4 springpacks from other donor parts vehicles so hopefully adding leaves will work.

 

[jekbrown]

adding leafs will pretty much always increase lift... question is, how will the resulting pack ride, flex, wear etc.

j

 

[gravdigr]

adding leafs will pretty much always increase lift... question is, how will the resulting pack ride, flex, wear etc.

j

Exactly. I have rear packs from 1/2 and 3/4 ton trucks. Gonna try starting with the longest springs first to try and keep decent ride and flex. But it may take to many so I may go with a combination of long and short springs to keep ride quality but get the lift without adding a bunch of leaves to each side.