The Saga of Truck Norris

[Li'l Work Truck]

If the other side is the same just take the front leaf spring bolt out first then you can rotate the shackle forward to get the bolt out... It looks like someone before you changed the shackle brackets, they were riveted from the factory.

There are a  bunch of marks under the back end. This is weird. It's like the whole truck has already been worked on...

 

[Li'l Work Truck]

Holy crap that rear suspension was baaaaaaaaad.

Ironically, the truck now rides as it should, which is much harder than I expected. It rode like an old Cadillac when I bought it. Now, it rides like an HD Ranger.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Yeah, the stiff springs change things... I think my '97 has the light duty springs in it which I don't mind too much since it rides decent unloaded then like a caddy when I do something dumb...

 

[Li'l Work Truck]

Yeah, the stiff springs change things... I think my '97 has the light duty springs in it which I don't mind too much since it rides decent unloaded then like a caddy when I do something dumb...

I kinda like it. I'm going to use it to tow stuff eventually, so having a solid suspension makes sense for me. When I first bought it, I loaded it with about 12 bags of miscellaneous gardening materials and the back end groaned and sagged. Tonight I got in the truck bed to put some laundry in the box, and I didn't make a dent in its height. I'm about 220#.

Um... Something dumb? Dare I ask?