Best Number Of Leaves For F350 Springs?

[lohr500]

Will be building up the springs tonight for my F350.

I want to do some slow speed off roading so want reasonable axle movement, but also some tarmac use.

I have already opted to lock the rear diff & leave the front free.

How many spring leaves do you think I should use?

Cheers,

[Shodog]

If you plan to use the MFU, the extra weight will make you need to put in two of the small leafs in addition to the main leaf. if you run with just a regular ESC then you can get away with just the main leaf.

[adam1973]

When I built mine, it was built stoke, as per instrutions, but like Jim sadi, if you plan to add the MFU, then build it with them all. IMO, I would build it with 4-link set up, as when the springs start to bend out of shape, then there is no going back as they are knackard!!

[dready]

I run two in the front of mine and a four linked rear.

i tried using just a single leaf up front and bent them in half an hour :-(

[mymonsterbeetleisbroken]

I run 3 on my truck, the main leaf, then the secondary leaf under it and finally a small one under that.

I deliberately deformed them before installation to gain a bit more suspension movement. I think a single leaf would work well, but risk damage as they are not that tough.

[lohr500]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

In the end, and as I will be using the MFC, I went with the stock build of main spring, with large leaf above it, and one shorter leaf below.

Will see how it runs when fully built.

Hoping to complete the wiring of the MFC-02 tonight, but the instructions are not very clear on how to route the various wires. I have a separate post running on this. I'm not sure which route the three wiring harnesses should take from the control unit up to the main MFC-02 unit.