1 ton suspension?

[MDDYATV]

is anyone runing one ton leafs or springs on there bronco? I have some left over and was wondering if I put them on my bronco would it make the ride stiff and would it limit suspension travel?

 

[Justshootme84]

A friend of mine is using my stock F-350 rear leafs under his Bronco with a 4" RC lift kit, so he could replace the blocks and eliminate the spring wrap from the stock Bronco springs. Works fine now, ride quality is not too harsh with the overloads removed. you wil lget 1-2" of lift from the 1-ton springs, and may have to remove a leaf or two from the pack to level or soften the ride. JSM84

 

[MDDYATV]

do you know if he used the coils up front?

 

[Justshootme84]

No, my F-350 had leafs up front, and I'm using those with the Dana60. He's running the RC 4" lift coils. I think F-250 coils would be somewhat or alot stiffer than the Bronco ones depending on the enigine, GVWR, etc. of the F-250.

 

[MDDYATV]

I just had the lift installed on my 05 superduty Diesel. and I have the stock leafs and springs I was just wondering if they would work. they are just laying around.

 

[Justshootme84]

I doubt the front coils would fit your TTB Bronco, since they are for the IFS suspension. If the rear leaves are about 54" long eye-to-eye, they should fit the Bronco rear axle. ONly way to tell is to trial fit them, and post up your results.

 

[MDDYATV]

I already measured the leafes and I know they will fit I am sure they would raise the back a few inches how can I raise the front to match?

 

[Roadkill]

To lift the front you will want to use some system that relocates the radius arm mounts and axle pivot points in order to avoid alignment problems.

Depending on how much lift you get from the rear the front components from a 4" kit might be what you need. The stock higth is about 2 inches higher in the back; so with if you get 2 - 3 inches with the F250 springs, 4" in the front should match up nice. Complete 4" kits (with blocks and add-a-leafs) sell for as low as $450. I have not priced the individual components, but I bet it would be cheaper.

 

[KansasBronco]

what other modifications whould you have to do to put f-350 springs on the 1987 bronco? would you have to relocate the mounts? because my brother has them lieing around and i was wondering what it would take to put them on.

 

[MDDYATV]

I know the rear ones should fit take a couple of leaf out so the ride wont be to stiff. I am working on the front now.

 

[Justshootme84]

As I first posted, my bud is using the F350 rear springs with a 4" Rough Country lift kit. I think 3-4" coils in front would be needed, since it takes 1-2" coils just to level the ride with stock rear springs. Only other prblem you may have is needing a shim to adjust the rear axle pinion angle.