97 Broken Leaf Spring Replace ?
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97 Broken Leaf Spring Replace ?
We have a 97 XLT sort bed with the 4.6, after changing the oil today it was noticed that one of the leaf springs was broken and missing a leaf with the other leaf spring being twisted. We are looking to buy a ultra lite travel trailer sometime in the near future and we're concerned about the weight on the suspension, now I know we'll need a weight distribution hitch for it but that's not the issue. My question is if we can put heavier duty springs on it like from a f250 or something, or if it would be better to replace them with new or used stock springs and then adding a helper spring.
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The difference in the heavier duty springs in the number of leaves.
On the F150, 250, 350 I think they go from three, to four, and five leaves.
If it were me, I would check to make sure the 250 or 350 springs will fit and I put some used ones on the truck and replace the rear shocks with some new heavy duty shocks.
On the F150, 250, 350 I think they go from three, to four, and five leaves.
If it were me, I would check to make sure the 250 or 350 springs will fit and I put some used ones on the truck and replace the rear shocks with some new heavy duty shocks.
