Dwight45
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I think it's time to change my springs on the Raptor. It's an early model and it's suffering from some spring sag. My fender wells are getting too close to my tires and I could use 1 or 2 inches rise. Might even consider going up a leaf to increase spring rate. What do you guys think?
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big buford
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I'm probablly a season behind you and I'll be doing the same thing. Will add an extra leaf also.
All things being equal which I'm sure it's not, I have about 2450lbs on 2600lb springs. Will go to 3k springs.
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markie mark
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I broke one last time out to
Want to replace all of them now
Just need to find a good source!
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jetboater454
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Not a raptor,but on mine I replaced all the springs with 5 leaf instead of the 4 when I lifted it.
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Dwight45
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I'm also looking for a good source of springs.
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EricRobinson8
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markie mark, where in socal are you? If close to Santa Ana, Deaver Springs did a great job on mine.
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mapguy
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Would get the spring specs from the OEM -then source them.
There are several different lengths used depending on the undercarriage manufacturer, Dexter, Alko, Reliable, Emco and so on. A call to Keysone or Lippert with VIN number will get the OEM specs for length -then you can decide on capacity/number of leafs/leaf thickness for capacity.
Go to the link and you will understand a little more
http://stengelbros.com/UtilitySprings.htm
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