DROPPING FRONT OF TRUCK NEED HELP

57fordf100 · Post by **57fordf100** » October 12, 2009, 4:20 pm

i have a 57 f100 leaf springs upfront i wanna drop it about 2 inches my axle is about 3 inches from the oil pan i know about the dropped axle but is there anything else i can do other then that to drop the front of my truck

36truck · Post by **36truck** » October 12, 2009, 8:32 pm

You can take out some springs to lower it or a single mono leaf works.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » October 12, 2009, 8:42 pm

loosrp · Post by **loosrp** » October 12, 2009, 9:09 pm

Phil,
I'm guessing you drilled a hole for the leaf spring locator bolt in the bottom of your axle?

Gary Seymour · Post by **Gary Seymour** » October 13, 2009, 11:47 am

57f100, if your axle has 3" clearance with your oil pan, I am not sure you would want to do anything to provide less clearance than that. Anything to do with the springs will move the axle closer to the pan. A dropped axle will not change the clearance with the pan. Just sayin', 3" is basically what you have for suspension travel now. Lowering it 2" more by way of the springs will get you down to one inch of travel before the axle hits the pan.

Phil · Post by **Phil** » October 13, 2009, 3:23 pm

loosrp wrote:Phil,
I'm guessing you drilled a hole for the leaf spring locator bolt in the bottom of your axle?

Not my truck. One I'll copy someday though

JFCDeuce · Post by **JFCDeuce** » October 13, 2009, 7:11 pm

Phil wrote:

I do like the way the sway bar was mounted using the original shock mount holes, that's a pretty easy fabrication, and I can tell you that a swaybar did make a big difference on my truck's handling.

snopek · Post by **snopek** » January 25, 2010, 8:23 pm

with fliping my springs under the axle and removeing 2 leafs my axle would hit the oil pan on big bumps so i had to fab a oil pan and relocate the oil pick up. i have a 62 with a 223 though

BamaBobAlex · Post by **BamaBobAlex** » January 29, 2010, 2:52 pm

interesting... I have a question.

i've seen the mod to make a 3 inch dropped axle... Could it also be possible to flip the 3 inch dropped axle to the top of the stock spring pack. for a 6 inch drop???

just wondering

snopek · Post by **snopek** » January 29, 2010, 7:55 pm

i have a 62 with a 223. i fliped the leafs, removed 3 leafs and have a 3in drop axle. im about 2-3 inches away from tucking the stock 15in rims in front. if you get the 57-60 front axle it will fit a 62. only diffrence is the shock mounts and it is 1in lower in the center for oil pan clerence, that is if you have a 62. i know yours is older but i still had to notch and mod my oil pan. evein with out removeing leafs on my truck when i fliped the leafs the axle hit and dented the oil pan. i got my axle from www.droppedaxles.com amazing quality. note you will need 2in tie rod drop blocks with the axle. hope that helps some one

Uncle Skip · Post by **Uncle Skip** » January 30, 2010, 11:13 am

There is a thread in Hints and Tricks about professionally dropped axles you should probably look at before you go messing with flipping axles and such.
U@ss

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » January 31, 2010, 6:45 pm

snopek wrote:i have a 62 with a 223. i fliped the leafs, removed 3 leafs and have a 3in drop axle. im about 2-3 inches away from tucking the stock 15in rims in front. if you get the 57-60 front axle it will fit a 62. only diffrence is the shock mounts and it is 1in lower in the center for oil pan clerence, that is if you have a 62. i know yours is older but i still had to notch and mod my oil pan. evein with out removeing leafs on my truck when i fliped the leafs the axle hit and dented the oil pan. i got my axle from www.droppedaxles.com amazing quality. note you will need 2in tie rod drop blocks with the axle. hope that helps some one

Is is difficult to work out the shock mount issue?