DirtyRed 90
Newbie
I can't help but think about all the things I've towed or hauled with this truck over the years when I needed to borrow it. I'm just glad I never had any issues with it. I'll see what I can find.I removed just the overload spring on mine one time. One of the worst things I did to it suspension-wise.
No progression to the spring rate. Start to play & get to pushing hard in the twisties & it would blow through the travel & the axle tubes would be bangin' on the bump-stops.
You could replace whatever ones are missing, but it's easier to just replace the hole spring pack. Either a wrecker set or new, which from what I understand, aren't all the expensive.
I've always worked on vehicles with the idea of getting it to be running & driving correctly before beginning any modifications.
That way you'll have a known baseline.
If any mod does create a prob, you'll know what created it, instead of questioning whether or not any issue was pre-existing before modifying, & the modification just made the problem more pronounced.
Get it right first. Then...mod the hell out of it!
Was the 89-91 shortbeds different from the other 88-98s? The belltech drop kit says I have to have an alignment kit for the 88-91s, but that shouldn't have anything to do with the leaves should it??