Is there any benefit, either lower or better ride wit removing springs from the leaf pack? I searched and found nothing
Is there any benefit, either lower or better ride wit removing springs from the leaf pack? I searched and found nothing
I removed the overloads but that's it. I wouldn't remove any others because it will alter the ride quality negatively. Becomes a spring board with absolutely no payload capacity. You'll also find the bump stops a lot easier.
you're better off lowering with shackles first if you haven't yet. Less work, same ride quality, same payload capacity.
Not sure if you ever plan on tracking it or not; but Ive seen a few have issues with wheel hop on launch when removing a leaf pack. Not stiff enough to keep the rear on the ground.
Of course I have shackles and hangers
Less work my foot!!! Hangers are a pain in the cawk! LolOriginally Posted by Harley#356
Yes, on a HD, hangars suck ***! Been there done that, not again. The body mount is right next to the hangar, making it difficult to get a grinder in there to knock the rivets down. If you have an air chisel, it would be much easier.
My current truck has Hotchkis springs and 2" shackles. Pretty low, without the pain in the ***. More $$ though for springs vs. hangars.
Oh, and he didnt say anything about hangars being less work. Just shackles.
Yea true...
I just cruise it, No track days. I really just was wanting a cheap(free) way to reduce the tire to fender gap in the back
lol, yeah, not really anyway to do it free, cheap is shackles, but IMO they're not enough...ie:
Shackles only:
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Better with Springs and Shackles:
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But its all up to you and your wallet!!
Sold my 2002 BLK #9638 to my wife's uncle, Sold my 2003 BLK #6682 to a nameless man local to me.
I like my shackles and Hotchkiss TVS too. A very nice combo!
Mods=L&S Oil Sep, Blackwood trim & mirror caps, Navi ant' base, E-brake pedal, CAI, C&L Intake & Plenum, 95mm MAF tube, SBTB, 170 T-Stat, Predator+RWTD custom tune, 8# lower, PG Ti900.7 amp, JLA XR570-CXi & Stealthbox, FTVB, Finned Trans Pan, Line of Fire LED, J-Jent Grille, RotorPro Dimpled & Slotted rotors, LED taillights, chrome door strikes, billet locks & coat hangers, ChickenEars Engine Billet package #1&2+door sills, Metco billet aux idler bracket & pulleys, LFP E-Fan, Xenarc HID heads, clear corners, Roush HID fogs, Bedrug, L' 3rd, Kenwood DDX-7017 DVD+TV+Sirrius+RevCam, Lotek dual pillar pod with AutoMeter boost gauge & DynoJet WBC, fog switch mod, UPR billet window switches and door locks, FAST overlays, LFP 58" bars, Hotchkis TVS, Bilsteins, DblG Panhard, Cervinis Cobra R hood, BFG T/A KDW 2 tires, Hawk Ceramic pads, MGP caliper covers.
you just need bigger wheels, shackles only (on the middle setting, not even lowest) looks right to me.
2002 DSG HD #09617 NHTOC Truck of the month November 2012
Ported eaton/plenum/tb, 6lb lower, SCT BA-2600 MAF, OBX longtubes, JLP intake, FTVB, L-spec bilsteins, Hotchkis TVS, 22" replicas. Tuned by Ray McClelland of FTK
lol yup I only said shackles. I NEVER recommend hangers on these trucks! PITA install and really screw up the pinion angle. Shackles 1st, and if they're not enough, then leafs!
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