Leaf Springs side to side height adjustments

[91expl-sport]

Does anyone out there know how to adjust the rear leaf springs. I did lots of mod in the past few month, that now i em short on cash. Planning to buy used rear leaf spring at a junk yard.

 

[DOGMAN]

Not quite sure what your question is or what problem you are trying to solve. Please elaborate.

 

[rpenner54]

You could try the rear ranger leaf mod to get it back up to the height you want. I plan on doing this soon, it will also give you more flex off-roading. I think this system will work very well.



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Ryan Penner
1992 Explorer Sport

 

[GJarrett]

I've got a "cheater" fix for you if the sag isn't TOO bad. Can't remember exactly but mine was sagging something like 3/4" on the left when I bought it a year ago.

If you have a post '95 with torsion bars, you can lower the right front torsion bar just a little -- about 1/4" -- and drive around for awhile. Once the vehicle settles into the new setting, the slightly lowered right front will release enough pressure from the left rear to raise it a lot more than the 1/4" you went down in the front. And you can't tell the difference in a measly 1/4" sag on your right front. It could even be that yours is sagging because your right front IS up slightly and you can't tell.

Give this a try. It really works! If you have an older model; I don't know, guess you could use different spacers or something in the front springs to acheive the same effect?....

Gerald



[This message has been edited by GJarrett (edited 01-21-2000).]

 

[Hank]

If I recall he has the same problem I (and most others) have with the early models. Probaly due to the fuel tank weight the beast is sagging on the left side. Mine is about 1.5 inches down on the left side.

Someone suggested swapping rear leafs from side to side but I have not gotten to that yet. I figure if I am going to have the back half off I might as well buy the JD lift kit.

However it is annoying looking at the sagging truck. Has anyone out there come up with a band-aid for this?