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96 F250 Pt.19: rear suspension upgrades!

6/4/2024

 
Cant help myself.  Love the new stance!
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Still running my drop tracbar bracket from my 20 something year old 6" lift kit.  The bar angle looks good...
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...but theres a problem.  The truck is now so low that the tracbar bracket is hitting the sway bar!
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Not much i can do, but to remove the sway bar for now
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Im going to have to source a stock tracbar bracket, but i doubt theres time to find one before we leave for the East Coast Bronco Roundup in two weeks, so for now the sway bar will have to stay off.
...And since i had to turn the truck around, i went for a quick spin around the block.  All i can say is wow!  What a difference in how it rides compared to before.    Cant wait to see how it handles once the rear springs and swaybars are back on.

​So, nothing left to do now, but start tearing into the rear!
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Rear swaybar has joined the front
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Dont worry, the rear bar will be going right back on, with all new bushings.

Axle unbolted, 4" blocks removed:
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...and the springs are coming out!  Thankfully i had replaced all 4 hangars a few years back, so none of the bolts were seized yet
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Thought this was interesting.  The arch between both packs is similar, but its pretty obvious the new ones are a wee bit heavier!
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...and where we're at for the day.
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Calling it here for the day.  The next move is to drill out the front hangars (the SD springs use an 18mm bolt as opposed to the older trucks' 5/8" bolt).  From there it should be as simple as just bolting it all together.  We'll see soon enough!


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