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Old 10-11-2011, 06:47 PM
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Torsion bar help!!

I recently bent my torsion bar, Ive tried buying them from Ford but they always send me to wrong ones!! I was wondering if maybe the expedition or any other f150 would match up as far as length, spring rating not a huge deal if they are the same.
I have a 1998 f150 extended cab regular bed 5.4 4x4
 
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Old 10-17-2011, 11:20 AM
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Anyone got an idea??
 
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Old 10-18-2011, 03:38 AM
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All the Expeditions, Scabs, Supercrew use the same torsion bars. I just recently ordered ones for a 7700 GVWR F150
 
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Old 10-18-2011, 12:32 PM
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I ordered some last week and they sent me some and they were too short.. Where did you buy ours from? Thanks
 
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Old 10-18-2011, 10:27 PM
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Don't they have junk yards around there.
 
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Old 10-18-2011, 11:48 PM
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I ordered mine through Tasca. They were $96 a piece. The shorter ones would be for a reg cab.
 
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Old 10-19-2011, 02:01 PM
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efuehrin: They do, but none have any 97-03 f150/expy's. Ive tried Ebay, but id wanna buy a set to be sure they have the same spring code.

Carcrazygts2: I purchased my last set threw them, but they are the ones that sent me the wrong length. I asked about the 7700/f250 light ones. And they said since they arent the same spring rating as mine they wont let me purchase. When I asked about the right sized ones for my truck, they guy said their are only 1 left side one available.. -__-
 
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Old 10-19-2011, 02:43 PM
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Just curious as to how you bent it?? haha good luck finding the right size though.
 
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Old 10-19-2011, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Carcrazygts2
The shorter ones would be for a reg cab.
Not completely true. I've had two truck this body sylte; a regular cab and a crew cab. My regular cab had long ones and my current crew cab has short ones. I'm certain of this because I clearly recall when I was trading, looking at that with the two trucks side by side and noticing the regular cab bars were clearly longer than the supercab bars.
 
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Old 10-19-2011, 06:14 PM
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I cant speak for the newer ones. But I have owned a 97 Reg cab and a 97 Supercab. The regular cab i had did in fact have 4.5" shorter t-bars.

To the op: If you cant find the ones for your truck you can always switch to a GM torsion bars as long as your using stock Torsion keys. The only difference is they are about 4" longer.

To get the one from a 7700 just look up on Autotrader, a 97-99 F250 lightduty get the vin and have them order them for that vin. That is what i did.
 



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