hi i posted about this before but i cant find the post i searched and still nothing anyways i have a 66 international p.u that has a ford straight axel from the factory under it i want to flip the front over the springs . yes i know its on this site i cant find them looked and searched need picks of this done i just hope i can get this done right no bump steer any ways thank you for all the help guys tyler sloan
well it runs along the frame rail one leaf on each side of the truck i see your from texas city i was born in webster and grew up in houston
thought about buying a droped axle but dont have much cash and i do have a welder and a lotta welding rods thought about buying a shorter steering arm so i wont have any bump steer really dont want to move the box up i have 3 on the tree so i would have to redo that if i did
your stg is already slower than mol***es if you shorten the arm it will just get slower. save your money untill you can clip it or something.
i want to keep the stock 6 cyl thats why im not cliping it plus i already rebuilt the breaks and front end
i ran into the same problem... my dodge has a straight axle in it too.... my easiest advice for you.... dont drop it unless you have a abundence of cash... just make it into a g***er hahahahaha
The spring pads are most likely on the top of the axle, so I doubt if the axle would sit on top of the springs, unless you fabbed up a fracket of some sort. The photo below is of a rear axle flipped, but may give you an idea. See the how the original spring perch is flat on top, to bolt it to the bottom of the leaf? The flip kit has a gray u-shaped bracket, which slips up into the bottom of the spring pad, and cradles the axle, locating it on top of the spring. Hope this helps.
yea the back helps alot i can fab that up in no time how thick is that bracket ? i was goint to cut the spring perch off the axle and weld a new one on but this looks easy to do how safe is that to do ? also what about the new angle for the drive line if any at all ?
I think the flip bracket on my truck is about 1/4". Probably better/safer to weld on a new pad; The rear axle pad is a stamped shape which the new bracket slips up into to locate it, you'd have to locate the front axle by the bolt holes or something, new pad would be better, stronger, and probably even simpler and easier.
one bad thing about those old dodges.. is you will get bumpsteer like a mofo if you flip the front axle... i have proof... unless you can reengineer the steering
On my '60 I got the front down 3" just by de-arching the springs. Still enough travel for normal driving, and no bump steer. It's not a big drop, but it's cheap & easy.
look up Eaton Spring, should be able to google them. They have been around a long time and seem to be very knowledgeable about custom applications.
Hit up deaver spring in so cal, they can de arch your stockers. If the truck is parallel sprung, a set of lowering shackles will work. Do they make dropped spindles for it? A dropped axle is the only way to go, not cheap but will get it low.... Good luck.
Check to see if you have a spring shop locally. Most likely a facility that does heavy truck suspension work. They should be able to de-arch the springs (as well as possibly reverse the eyes). Kael
well hear is what i want to do in the next few weeks i want to remove 1/3 of the springs from each pack i know i know might be to risky but my truck has m***ive spring pack used for hauling from the factory im going to get some longer shackles and shorter shocks needs new ones any way and find a shop that will de arch my springs and reverse my spring eyes and if that aint low for me im just going to bag the sob lol
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