Another way to lower the back of an F1

Ok, I take it you are raising the spring hangers with the angle iron brackets.

 

Aren't you going to lose most of your travel distance and then have it bottoming out on the frame bumper?

 

Not a bad idea. Looking forward to seeing end results.
Will it point your pinion angle too much though?

 

His axle will still be below the springs so he shouldn't have a big problem there but he still may have to shorten the snubber or C notch the frame a bit.

 

Can't you use the existing upper holes for the holes in the lower mounts, and make new holes on the plate for the uppers? That way you have it half on existing frame, and half on the new brackets. You then won't have to use blocks to raise it and gain some axle to frame clearance.

 

Cant wait to see progress on this, good luck

 

Did you lift it back up at all? That looks good.

 

Cool! I am trying to talk my blacksmith into lowering his F1. This might just do the trick to convince him.

 

I picked up a rear suspension TCI kit that that lowered my truck about
4 inches. The hanger brackets that came with it were a little longer than stock so it allowed me to flip my axle on top of the leaf springs without losing much suspension travel at all. The bolts all go right into the original rivit holes. It looks slick and didnt take long at all. I think i picked up the kit from [SIZE=-1]Classic Performance Products[/SIZE]

 

never seen it done that way before. I seen the mount moved that the bottom was in the upper holes and angle iron used for the upper holes or they turned the rear mount up side down.

 

Nice Vertical-Up on the gate Kevin.

 

Looks great, Kevin. Will those new brackets interfere with the bed floor? You are a brave soul tackling that project and having to drive it to work the next day! Every F1 frame I've disassembled, no matter how nice always had rot under the spring hangers. I used an OLD CE kit that came on one of the parts trucks I bought for similar results. I also flipped the rear hangers side-for-side for a little extra drop but now it will require pinion angle shims to bring the nose back up. I also notched the frame in anticipation of hauling engines in there someday...

 

Looks cool. I didnt realize you were moving the front mount the first time.
Only thing I'd consider is maybe add some more plate on the under side of the frame where you bolted your brackets on. I like to overthink things, and I somewhat question having all the load on the edge of the frame like that.

 

Looks great!

Now paint that damn fender...

 

I like the cross brace between the hangers, but maybe (just maybe) it might be a good idea to gusset the back of the angle iron where the spring hanger mounts to the cross bar? Like I said, maybe overkill, but I like the idea of spreading any force that the hanger bracket sees into the cross bar, rather than the bend in the angle iron.

Very sweet mod by the way, I think my daughter and I will look into doing this one on her '64 F100!

 

Yeah, stance looks good to me too as is. I wouldn't raise it up anymore. Looks like just enough right now.