Does anybody know how i can relocate the rear axle from underneath the leaf springs to above them?
00' F-150,5.4,3.55,9-9.75"?,4x4,Lariat.

 

What is your objective? Perhaps there are alternatives.

 

steeda does that to the trucks they modify to reduce axle hop.

 

I could see that for a 4x2, but for a 4x4? You'd have to come up with a way to raise the rear back up to match the front height. Or, lower the front.....

I added progressive "helper" springs to my rig to keep it from sagging so much with only a bag of groceries in the back. As a side benefit, it stopped the wheel hop I had. Would do it really bad, especialy on wet pavement. Now, both tires just spin until I let off.

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1997 F150 4x4 Off Road, SuperCab, Short Box, 5.4, Royal Blue/Silver, K&N, Gibson SS, LT265/75/16 Wild Country APT's

 

I was plannin on putting 3" drop spindles on the front to make up for the difference

 

You can do that to a 4x4? I didn't think they had an actual "spindle". I think the front just has a "hub" that is supported with the A arms? I don't know...... Am I missing something?

 

yeah,it's got a spindle.i have no idea how i could do it,if the axle housings go up much higher they'll hit the frame rail.i don't think there's even enough room right now to get it in between the leaf springs and the frame.i think i'll just leave it alone until i see one that has somethin like that done to it.

 

These trucks don't have spindles on the front end; they have stub axles. To compensate for the different ride height (i.e. lowered) you would have to buy new stub axles... that costs $$$! Do what I did for $35.00. Go to autozone and ask for some lakewood traction bars. Install them opposite of the way you normally would (topside instead of bottom of leaf springs). This will eliminate all axle hop except in the most brutal of tire-melting burnouts on the roughest New York road.

Spindles in a 4x4... heh