Tony Nicholas 1938 Ford COE  Page 11

Converted the 3/4-ton front brakes to 1-ton and then converted the 3/4-ton coil springs to light duty 1/2-ton stuff.
 I went with the lightest Moog springs for these trucks.

 You don't want the spring rubbing the frame or moving around.
And you surely don't want to use coils without the pigtail like F-100 springs.



Here you can see the 1-ton brakes compared to the 3/4-ton stuff. Diameter the same,
 but now have bigger piston calipers and
pads.
 Also, the rotors have built-in spacers to work with the dually rims.

Now I have a 3/4-ton frame with 1/2-ton suspension and 1-ton brakes.

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