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View Poll Results: What to do for the rear lift???
Find the heaviest duty 4 inch rear springs I can 9 39.13%
Shackle flip with the original rear leaf springs. 9 39.13%
Original rear springs with a 4 inch block (my least favorite). 2 8.70%
Leave it stock height front and back if I ever want to pull safely. 3 13.04%
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Old 04-25-2010, 11:47 AM   #1
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Re: What to do, what to do? Rear lift question

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What length are your springs? 56? I think any rear lift spring is going to ride stiffer than stock. I don't think a replacement 56" is going to be built with a 1/2 ton in mind, no matter who makes it. Nearly all 1/2 tons used 52's.
I have a terrible memory, but aren't all 73-87 rear springs 56" regardless of tonnage? 67-72 rears are all 52.

That's why front lift spring kits with rear blocks are all the same for 67-87, but a full lift kit including rear springs is a different part number from 72-73.
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Old 04-25-2010, 02:00 PM   #2
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Re: What to do, what to do? Rear lift question

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I have a terrible memory, but aren't all 73-87 rear springs 56" regardless of tonnage? 67-72 rears are all 52.

That's why front lift spring kits with rear blocks are all the same for 67-87, but a full lift kit including rear springs is a different part number from 72-73.
Nope, most 1/2 tons use 52" rears for '73-'87. Also, I could have swore '67-'72 front springs were a little shorter than '73 and up. I could be wrong though.
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