The Ford IFS was the best off road suspension, proven tough in the Pacific Northwest logging industy. Those reversed arch, bagged out springs your trashing came like that from the factory ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wait till you start trying to get front end U-joints for it make sure you take a U joint with you because some of them are different and a pain in the butt mine were all rusted the little pin that holds the U-joint cups in we're all rusted and it was a pain in the butt and the ones that are close to the differential in the front I had to cut them off with a best thing to use is one of them tools that you cut with under the doors and go to Home Depot and get a metal cutting bit for the tool is covered with titanium and that thing cut right through the U-joint so I could get it out
Question is Rough Country says there no issue with front drive shaft angle after 4 inch lift installed. Also everyone that has installed this lift or has ran lift for years. Never mentioned front driveshaft angle issues. Only thing Rough Country recommends is front break lines & sway bar extention adapters
They make a special tool for taking that weird-looking nut off it looks like a huge socket with steel pieces on the end of it the size of them little holes kind of the size of a stick match but I think there's five of them or for
The springs in the front are supposed to be like that. They do look like it is sagging. Not a stupid front end. It's actually won the Baja 1000 many times just saying.
The Ford TTB has a history of solid performance, agreed...when paired with coil springs. When paired with leafs, the axle has to twist the leafs in order to articulate. Furthermore, this TTB+leaf combo only allows about 1" of up travel before hitting factory bump-stops. TTB good, TTB+leafs garbage.
@@infrared411 the last word in my reply is the only part that's opinion, the rest is fact. I have been admiring that solo motorsports kit for a while. Might fork over the $$$ for that coil conversion kit when it's time to rebuild my front end.
Where did you find a rough country lift for 500 also how did you get it to ship so soon? I’m getting one for my f250 and I was told 4 to 6 weeks before it will ship
I don’t remember what website we got it from but we also did the build awhile ago so price may have gone up, and shipping wasn’t a problem when we went to order it, sorry to hear your having those issues
That truck is the worst truck in the world for getting parts because you got to take your part with you because you will always get the wrong part that's a unicorn
The Ford IFS was the best off road suspension, proven tough in the Pacific Northwest logging industy. Those reversed arch, bagged out springs your trashing came like that from the factory ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
They ride like a brick tho
@@jaredkish8716 ya, that's the problem with the solid axle.
It's one thing to do it but to make a video to show us is another. Thanks for sharing. Looks great! Good job!
I got tired of rebuilding the ttb in mine and went rsk with SD dana 60 and SD rear axle and SD front rings and it rides so much better
Do you use a kit or fabricate everything yourself for the dana 60 ?
The factory springs are not warn out ! The suspension engineer was on CRACK ! 😂😂😂
Wait till you start trying to get front end U-joints for it make sure you take a U joint with you because some of them are different and a pain in the butt mine were all rusted the little pin that holds the U-joint cups in we're all rusted and it was a pain in the butt and the ones that are close to the differential in the front I had to cut them off with a best thing to use is one of them tools that you cut with under the doors and go to Home Depot and get a metal cutting bit for the tool is covered with titanium and that thing cut right through the U-joint so I could get it out
Man that looks great I wanted to do that to mine
They make a socket for that 2 3/4 spindle nut, NAPA sells them the item number is 3456
Question is Rough Country says there no issue with front drive shaft angle after 4 inch lift installed.
Also everyone that has installed this lift or has ran lift for years. Never mentioned front driveshaft angle issues.
Only thing Rough Country recommends is front break lines & sway bar extention adapters
^^!!??
What tires and wheels did you use?
They make a special tool for taking that weird-looking nut off it looks like a huge socket with steel pieces on the end of it the size of them little holes kind of the size of a stick match but I think there's five of them or for
The springs in the front are supposed to be like that. They do look like it is sagging. Not a stupid front end. It's actually won the Baja 1000 many times just saying.
The Ford TTB has a history of solid performance, agreed...when paired with coil springs. When paired with leafs, the axle has to twist the leafs in order to articulate. Furthermore, this TTB+leaf combo only allows about 1" of up travel before hitting factory bump-stops. TTB good, TTB+leafs garbage.
@@coryk2309 except ford designed f250 for hauling heavy loads and the working class. You are trying off road it... So opinions opinions huh?
@@coryk2309 check out solo motorsports. They sale a Dana 50 TTB cut and turned with coil overs and radius arms. It would look sick on that OBS.
@@infrared411 the last word in my reply is the only part that's opinion, the rest is fact. I have been admiring that solo motorsports kit for a while. Might fork over the $$$ for that coil conversion kit when it's time to rebuild my front end.
@@coryk2309 me too. But I've yet to seriously off road my bullnose. Will likely take a need approach vs a want approach.
Why not solid axle swap?
I wanted to change the oil leak I had in the front diff but I couldn't see how the damn thing came apart
I am doing a similar project on a 1985 F250 .
Sweet! They are fun trucks!
I've been looking at that exact same lift kit for my truck but now it seems like the cost went up. That lift kit costs $850 now.
Yep I’m finding them for the same price, 850... prices must have gone up
How does it ride with the lift kit now?
The lift didn't change the ride quality too much. It's maybe 15% harsher than stock. What really makes it ride rough are the E-rated mud tires.
What size tires are those tires
Where did you find a rough country lift for 500 also how did you get it to ship so soon? I’m getting one for my f250 and I was told 4 to 6 weeks before it will ship
I don’t remember what website we got it from but we also did the build awhile ago so price may have gone up, and shipping wasn’t a problem when we went to order it, sorry to hear your having those issues
Where did you get the flatbed for that truck? If you can put a link up that would be awesome.
It was from atlas steel products in Vinita Oklahoma, Pretty slick bed!
What is up with the tyranny crossmember?? Is there a company that makes this part?
It's a universal crossmember from summit racing. He cut and welded it to fit the truck. Works great!
That truck is the worst truck in the world for getting parts because you got to take your part with you because you will always get the wrong part that's a unicorn