bill2444
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Hi, I was looking for some opinions of our more learned members. I want to do the 395's on my Deuce but think the front needs a little lift. I like the ride that it has now ( springs maybe slightly sagged)
Now to the meat of the question: Lots of our heavy highway equipment uses lift blocks between the front axle and leaf springs. Our suspensions were factory built that way. But I thought in the 4x4 world that was a major NO-NO. Our suspensions were built by International and GMC. Some blocks are 2" and others are 3". Same configuration as the deuce. U-bolts even appear to be the same dia. But our trucks are 48,000# gvw rated. And range in build dates from 72' to 05' that have the blocks. But then again when you talk about lift blocks, usually bad things are said.
So now what do you guys think of using a set of 2" blocks from one of our parts trucks (International with a 14,000# front axle) on a Deuce to gain clearance and looks. ( new u-bolts are a given).
Now to the meat of the question: Lots of our heavy highway equipment uses lift blocks between the front axle and leaf springs. Our suspensions were factory built that way. But I thought in the 4x4 world that was a major NO-NO. Our suspensions were built by International and GMC. Some blocks are 2" and others are 3". Same configuration as the deuce. U-bolts even appear to be the same dia. But our trucks are 48,000# gvw rated. And range in build dates from 72' to 05' that have the blocks. But then again when you talk about lift blocks, usually bad things are said.
So now what do you guys think of using a set of 2" blocks from one of our parts trucks (International with a 14,000# front axle) on a Deuce to gain clearance and looks. ( new u-bolts are a given).