I'm about to get new leafs, preferably the pro comp 5.5" chevy ones...I want to run NO BLOCK and stock shackle...reason for all this non sense is because I want to have options...if I do swap an axle under the front, I can easily throw a 2" block and chevy shackle on the rear and I'm at 3-4" more lift...and thats where I want my truck. Seeing as the chevy leafs are considerably cheaper, and I could use the extra payload capacity (towing), I really want to do this swap.

My question is about the parking brake, can anyone post pictures on how they rigged that up? I'm tempted to just get the skyjacker leafs if I can't figure it out...it's just the payload and price difference that erks me...

 

You could probably weld up a chunk of angle iron for the parking brake 'Y' to bolt to. Just an idea.

I wanna say Bob Rwenzing posted up some pics of his back in the day.

 

Yea i'm looking for anything at this point...I can rig something up but if it doesn't work right I'm just going to get mad and in the end buy the skyjackers...I know skyjacker is the right way to do it...but I want the payload cap of the chevy's and I want the flexibility to be able to get more lift out of it eventually...more of a pre-planning for the future so to speak

 

i hated my chevy leafs.. the damn thing rode soo stiff i took em off a year later..


never rigged the parkin brake up though.

 

Do the Skyjackers and if you want more lift eventually throw in a stock block under them. IDK about the towing sag though, you still have those coils around your shocks?

 

Towing sag is the big concern...no don't have the coils I have pro comp es9000's

 

i rigged up several different brackets. all of them were made out of 1.5" wide by .25" thick strap. I may have one in the scrap pile from when i had an ebrake. Let me take a look. If not I may have a picture around here somewhere.

 

Well stiffer shocks aren't gonna make you sag less, so maybe throw the coils back on?

 

If you want something to really help towing air bags are the best, they do wonders on the f150 and it rides like stock. however i really liked my procomp springs, rode a bit stiffer but towing was great.

 

best pic i have found so far. as you can see it bolts in an existing hole, goes along the bottom of the frame forward then U around with a hole in it. then i took the bracket from the cable and turned it upside down and bolted it up

 

i know...stiffer, longer springs will make me sag less. Thats why I want them...shocks have not much to do with sag...

 

thanks for the pic, it alsmost seems like I could use one of the origional holes for the spring hanger and make a bracket...I make them all the time to do the radiator relocate on the atv's, usually 1 or 1.25" strap metal works well, I think I have an idea...i'll probably place the order shortly, I still have to get stock shackles and new u bolts...

edit: zach did you run the 5.5" procomp and chevy shackle or stock shackle?

edit again: anyone run the Pro Comp 11411 it is 4" of lift, $120 each, and I can run a chevy shackle and be right where the 5.5" spring is, but 50 dollars less a spring...i mean I'm not trying to be cheap but thats saving 100 bucks PLUS stock shackle price

 

ive ran different configs...

with the superlift:
no blocks
3.5" chevy springs
beltech shackles

with the D30 sas:
stock blocks
3.5" chevys
beltech shackles

I'm sure i could dig up some pics if u like

 

yes please.

wow i didn't think there was that little difference in price, last time i looked there was...the chevy leafs come out to 343.90 and fr36 (skyjackers) come out to 423.90....makes me wonder.

 

superlift with 3.5" springs and shackles







D30 SAS with 3.5" springs and blocks and shackles

 

Thanks