5.4 coils settle?

OneStockQuik6.0 · Mar 3, 2012

So how hard is the installation part,how long? I got a brandnew set sitting just waiting to be installed...

Wayne · Mar 3, 2012

OneStockQuik6.0 said:
So how hard is the installation part,how long? I got a brandnew set sitting just waiting to be installed...

super easy. lift vehicle, remove front tires, support axle, disconnect shocks at the bottom, disconnect abs wires at control arms, disconnect brake line brackets from axles, disconnect both sides of sway bar at frame. Lower the axle, and the springs come right out. throw new springs in, and put it back together. DONE. If this entire process takes you more than 1.5 hrs WITHOUT a lift, then put your helmet back on, quit licking the window, and pay somebody else to do it.

You also may need to adjust the steering wheel after doing this. Simply adjust the turnbuckle on the drag link to shorten the length until the steering wheel is straight again going down the road..

dstryr · Mar 3, 2012

Wayne said:
super easy. lift vehicle, remove front tires, support axle, disconnect shocks at the bottom, disconnect abs wires at control arms, disconnect brake line brackets from axles, disconnect both sides of sway bar at frame. Lower the axle, and the springs come right out. throw new springs in, and put it back together. DONE. If this entire process takes you more than 1.5 hrs WITHOUT a lift, then put your helmet back on, quit licking the window, and pay somebody else to do it.

You also may need to adjust the steering wheel after doing this. Simply adjust the turnbuckle on the drag link to shorten the length until the steering wheel is straight again going down the road..

When I did mine I lifted the front up, disconnected the shocks and kept lifting until the springs came loose... I wouldn't bother with disconnecting everything else unless you ran out of travel...

Blowby · Mar 4, 2012

Recap: Wayne put 5.4, 6K springs on mine and then after I drove it a few thousand miles cut 1 coil off. It sits just right with 15#'s of air in the airbags while towing and 10#'s daily driving.

CamTom12 · Mar 4, 2012

derail

Good looking truck, Blowby!

/derail

OneStockQuik6.0 · Mar 4, 2012

Thanks guys sounds easy!

JAP · Mar 5, 2012

dstryr said:
When I did mine I lifted the front up, disconnected the shocks and kept lifting until the springs came loose... I wouldn't bother with disconnecting everything else unless you ran out of travel...

:whs:
If you lift both sides at once you won't have to disconnect the sway bar.

OneStockQuik6.0 · Mar 13, 2012

Does anyone have any pictures of their truck with the 4800lb in front and no rear block or fatty leaf,and same tire size all the way around?

powr2stroke · Mar 13, 2012

No pics ... but I would leave the fat leaf in and pull the arched overload out , it will ride much better that way.

onebadf150 · Feb 23, 2013

So I confused on which coils to get?
My truck currently has 5600lb from factory and I'm running a icon 1" block in the rear. I was looking to soften the ride in the front and was thinking about the 5200lb springs would this be the right choice.

The truck is ec/sb fx4 with stock size terra grapplers