Truckin Tech The ’0 4 Super Duty Blues
- TRUCKIN.COM [6 6 ] OCTOBER 2019 -
The passenger-side tie rod was installed
next. And just like that, the Super Duty had all
new steering components.
We moved on to the heart of the rebuild,
by removing the U-bolts from the old leaf
springs.
Then the front and rear mounting bolts
were removed.
The hardworking Atlas crew muscled the
old leaf pack out of the way.
Our custom-built 6-inch Atlas spring was
lifted into place and hung from the front and
rear mounting points.
The upper spring plate also acts as the
dual shock mount, so it was removed from the
old shocks next.
We removed the shocks from the upper
mounts next. The Icon dual shock mount is
another component that will be reused.
Now we were ready to set the spring plate in
place and drop on the new U-bolts.
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25.- Before we snugged down the U-bolts,
the new brackets for the Icon dual steering
stabilizer slide on. The driver side was first. - The passenger side was next,
and we installed the shock before
snugging things down. - The left stabilizer was attached and the
center mount’s final location was determined,
then the U-bolts, center mount, and shocks
were all tightened up. - The new Icon shocks were bolted into
place to the existing Icon mount.