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Old 11-23-2010, 05:36 PM   #1
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Question dually rear springs

hello

on 73-87 dually does someone know how many leafs were in the rear springs??
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Old 11-23-2010, 05:56 PM   #2
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hello

on 73-87 dually does someone know how many leafs were in the rear springs??
My 89 has 9 regular leafs on main spring pack plus one thick over load & the a secondary over-load set.
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Old 12-10-2010, 12:37 PM   #3
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Re: dually rear springs

I'm kinda late on this, but my 85 crew c30 has the same
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Old 12-10-2010, 03:41 PM   #4
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Re: dually rear springs

thanks anyone got a photo of this set up?
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Old 12-10-2010, 06:39 PM   #5
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Re: dually rear springs

Mine looked just like this, but I took off the small spacer and top overload spring when I installed a flip kit to lower it
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Old 12-10-2010, 08:45 PM   #6
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Mine looked just like this, but I took off the small spacer and top overload spring when I installed a flip kit to lower it
thanks what i needed to see.
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Old 12-11-2010, 02:26 AM   #7
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Mine looked just like this, but I took off the small spacer and top overload spring when I installed a flip kit to lower it
hey my toes look familiar. The pic was borrowed from the flip kit install thread listed in my sig.

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Old 12-14-2010, 09:47 PM   #8
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ha, ya, sorry man, should've quoted you or somethin, I love your works by the way
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Old 12-16-2010, 04:55 PM   #9
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ha, ya, sorry man, should've quoted you or somethin, I love your works by the way
No worries. I mostly wanted to let the original poster know about the link so they had access to that information.

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Old 12-16-2010, 05:02 PM   #10
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Re: dually rear springs

Hmm, on this same note, anyone have a picture of their front springs on a K30 4x4? I'm trying to figure out if my front springs are sagging or if they are supposed to look the way they do. Currently they have a downward curve, I was thinking they should be pretty much flat without a load, but I still have about 2" to the bump stop.

I want the truck to sit level, and I can't decide between pulling a couple leaves from the rear, or lift springs in the front. I'm kind of leaning towards pulling leaves in the rear, because it will help the ride a little.
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