Spring to air ride suspension conversion - pete379

I guess you want to do all the labor otherwise why use the new cut off and stretc it out while you’re at it. I’ve seen it done at the right spot around front spring hangers works good.

 

Be a lot of empty holes and alot of new holes. I'd say depending on the condition of your current frame I'd just cut your old one off and weld in the new one. Think that would be easier. Decent job either way

 

I did that, or had that done, to my '82 Western Star. conv. It originally had that White "Reyco", and after a month of breaking springs in Chicago, I said, "that's it". I had a rear stub from a 362 spliced into the WS frame. It made a world of difference. Sounds like a lot of hassle what you want to do. I agree, cut the back off behind the cab, get 2 inner rails for inside your ( and the stubs) frame, maybe stretch it a bit, perfect time to for a better ride, bolt and weld, it will be almost like a double frame. I never had a problem with that setup and I hauled a lot of heavy rail cans.

 

It’s going to be less labor and much easier to cut off the Hendrickson and splice in the low air leaf.

 

Yeah, that could change it somewhat. Not a simple swap, pulling carriers and such. Just so you know, it's a female dog drilling holes in frame rails. Best thing is to rent one of those hole shooters that clamp the frame and about 20, 3/4 inch drill bits.

 

I had some holes drilled once for mud flap hangers. The guy drilled smaller holes first then used a reamer bit that really worked good