My mechanic is telling me the rear leafs are shot on the f350 along with one u-bolt.
I called Ford and they said there was five spring options for the truck and Ford recommends putting factory springs back on.
The leafs have the helper spring now (code-VC), I plan to add air bags and the dump trailer is very front heavy when loaded.
My question is this, is there a better spring than a VC code spring? The truck was bought used last Fall with 120K miles so guessing the springs are factory installed.
Code "VC" means you have code V front springs and code C rear springs.
Leaf springs do "wear out", so I would simply replace the rear spring packs with new code "C" rear spring packs. The 2007 F-350 DRW rear springs are code "CC", which means code C rear springs plus a code C "overload" spring. They should bolt onto your truck, and have a weight rating of 9,000 pounds @ground.
I wouldn't want heavier-duty than code "C" rear springs on an F-350 DRW. The unloaded ride is already stiff enough, and if you put stiffer rear springs on, then it would ride like an empty dump truck.
Thanks for the reply, going to pick up the C code springs tonight.
At the dump yesterday and the F250 wouldn't start. After towing it to Ford the service guy fired it up 10 times with no issues. At 11pm last night the dealership called to say they couldn't find the issue and the truck was ready to pick up. At 12:20 AM this morning the dealership called back to say they found the problem and it was the starter selinoid (sp?). $33 for the part and $140 for labor.
I guess the service guy all night kept saying, "Go try to start that red truck again". Finally when hot the problem was found.
Your right, I don't want too hard of a ride on the dually.
The F250 springs failed by 150K miles.
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