K10 Leafs

[swissarmychainsaw]

Hey Guys, I have a "new to me" 73 burb that is fairly fugly, but I really like it.
Taken the family on a road trip and camping and it's great.

The Suspension however could use a little love.

I plan on doing the "front end", tie rods, pitman and idler, and probably ball joints while I'm there. Hell ok, brakes too.
I don't know the mileage but I plan on driving this thing.

What should I do to "refresh" the suspension. It's not a horrible ride, but
hitting large bumps on the highway is a bit more exiting that it should be.
There is likely a small lift on this truck already as the rear leafs have spacer blocks in them. How long will a leaf spring last?

What I would like is a nice plush ride, and yeah I get that 4 leafs are limited!

Was looking at kits from ORD, but I wanted to ask here, and see what yall like.

[andrewmp6]

If your already going to rebuild that much of the suspension i would replace the springs and shocks so everything is new.

[swissarmychainsaw]

Yes that's the plan, but I don't know much about what to replace them with.

I was looking at Tuff Country Springs
http://www.offroaddesign.com/catalog/TuffCountry.htm

And Bilenstein 5125 shocks:
http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/shocks.htm

But this is all based on just browsing the catalogue.

What springs/shocks did you get and do you like them?

[andrewmp6]

I would ask in the 4x4 part of them forum what springs and shocks they use and like.I couldn't tell you i haven't messed with a 4x4 gm truck yet.