Noticed you have leveling coils on your truck, and you are considering a 4" system. Have you had alignment or tire wear problems with those coils?

What was the actual height gain with them?
What are you gonna do with the coils if you get a 4" system?

 

Also... Was wanting to know your impressions of the cam that Mr. Rawls made for you. Was it worth the money? How much did it improve towing? I am planning to have him make the same cam for my truck...

He was thinking the '91 had the hydraulic roller cam, though, and I'm fairly certain that wasn't available till '92.

-Mike

 

mike,
i think you have me confused with someone else. i still have the stock cam and i dont know who mr rawls is . sorry couldnt help.

inski21,
the reason im considering the 4" system is to have more ground clearance since i have a body lift now. the leveling coils are giving me problems, however. after i installed them, i gained about 1.5 - 2 inches of lift (the exact amount i needed to level the truck off), but i noticed that they put my wheels out of alignment. this is where my problem started. i have been to 4 or 5 different alignment shops (2 of them specialize in aligning lifted trucks) and they all told me that the camber in my truck is unadjustable due to the coil springs. they all told me that to align the truck, i will need to remove the springs. right now, the truck is running fine with the springs, but im considering taking them off because the tires are beginning to wear unevenly. i emailed rough country and they told me that they had never heard of this problem before. then i emailed rancho about their kit and they told me that because of the way the suspension in the 87-96 f-150's is set up, camber adjustment is near impossible with any sort of suspension lift (moreso on the 2wd than the 4wd). whether i got the 4" system or not, im gonna remove the coils anyway because they are ruining up my tires. it really pisses me off because thats a waste of $120! ohh well, sorry for the long post, hope this helps!

 

The leveling coils may be too much coil stuffed in that spot. On the other hand the 4" kit might be okay.

The alignment shops where wrong. The upper ball joints have an adjustable bushing(needs replacement sometimes to get it to move $10?) to adjust camber. Also with the newer Rough Country kits they have that eccentric(sp?) bolt design into the brackets so you can make major adjustments as needed. You might just have to make friends with a real mechanic to get it done correctly the first time.

I've aligned mine twice and both times the toe was off, but mine isn't lifted either, just bigger tires. Keep us posted

 

I'll find out what the factory alignment specs are at work and post them here. Our alignment rack is updated every year.

 

Thanks--I'll have to track 'em down...

 

inski,
i know that 2 of the shops ordered different camber bushings and played around with them, but never with any luck. the lift kits im looking at say theyre aligneable because of the axle drop-down brackets that fix the angles of the axles after the new coils. id appreciate it if you can find out anything of how i can align my truck now, though. thanks!

 

Probably ought to put the stock springs back in for now, so you aren't buying tire every 4 months.

My mistake, "Tuff Country" has the eccentric camber adjusting bolts. Not Rough Country.

I'm looking at their add in JCWhitney Ford trucks catalog. You can buy the brackets seperately if you want, says " perfect for the truck lifted 1.5 - 2.5 inches."

 

whose add? tuff country or rough country? would you happen to know the price of the brackets? thanks!

 

Tuff Country EZ Ride
$120 for the brackets.

 

i think i might give them a shot. i took my leveling coils off for now, and i really didint notice how good the truck looked when it was leveled out until i took the coils off. im gonna give jcwhitney a call and see if they'll let me return the brackets if they dont work (cuz im a poor college student and cant afford to waste more $$$ than i have to). i emailed tough country and they told me that they were designed for 4x4, but he has no idea if theyll work on a 4x2. then i talked to a guy i know who works for rancho and told me that the brackets should be exactly the same whether its 4x2 or 4x4 (so HOPEFULLY they'll work). ill let you all know how it goes, wish me luck!

 

Good Luck, I'll post the alignment specs when I remember to print them off at work. You probably need to re-align now that the stock springs are in.

Ford4ever says he has a Super lift kit and the only thing he had to change was toe.

 

after i put the stock springs back in, i took the truck to the alignment shop and they went to align it and told me that the alignment was already perfect so im set for now. im gonna go ahead and order the brackets this week, and see how that goes.