7700 torsion bars

[SWIDDY25]

Little help here guys im having major trouble trying to match up torsion bars for my expy all the ones that tasca keeps sending me are too short not sure if its them or me i've tried several different combos and cant figure out what im doing wrong any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Thermo]

Swiddy25, if the bars are too short, then they are sending you bars for the supercrew F-150's. Tell them that you need the bars for a standard cab F-250LD (light duty, aka, F-150 7700 after 2001). That should get you going on the right road.

 

[SWIDDY25]

I will try that, but how come the bars that they sent me will fit both my brothers 99 standard cab f-150 and my pops 98 extended cab f-150 one has a 4.2 and the other a 4.6 and they take the shorter bars

 

[FloorIt]

I have a 2000 Expedition EB that had the air ride in all four corners. I replaced my torsion bars with 7700 bars Part numbers F75Z-5B326-KB (Right) and
F75Z-5B327-KB (Left). The length was perfect. Hope this helps.

 

[SWIDDY25]

Yeeep definately will help haven't tried that part # yet thank you, and will these be a pretty noticeable difference in ride height when cranked instead of the weaker air torsion bars, i had the old bars cranked and need an additional 1.5 to 2" of height but dont really want to use the keys, hoping these bars would make up the difference

 

[FloorIt]

the 7700 torsion bars lifted the front of the expedtion about two inches and that was after putting the torsion key bolt back in at it's orginal measurement. The Eddie Bauer air ride torsion bars are really weak. The bars are about 55 1/2 inches long.

 

[SWIDDY25]

That is definately the right length, will order again today and keep you posted on how things work out thanks again

 

[rkduff99]

Question

Hey Floorit,

I was reading over on the F150 forum that a bunch of guys that have switched to the 7700 bars have no difference in height. They say that the bars are just stiffer and show no increase in ride height. Are the bars from the Eddie Bauers that weak? Just trying to get confirmation before I order these bars.

Thanks, Keith

 

[Thermo]

rkduff, yes the EB torsion bars are like 20% weaker than the non-air ride equivolents. That is to allow the air shocks to carry some of the load and allow for ride height variation.

 

[Expeditionary]

Floor it, can you tell me what things, if any, that you had to modify to fit the RCD lift on an ir ride expy. I wanna do this so bad.

 

[rkduff99]

Where to buy?

Floor it,

Went to my local Ford dealer today and asked about them ordering these for me and the guy looked up the parts and said that these were discontinued and that they don't sell discontinued parts. I asked where I could find them and he really didn't have an answer. So, where did you get yours. He said I was the first person ever to ask him to order torsion bars. Ok guys if ya'll can find them order them. I am going to have to keep looking....

Keith

 

[FloorIt]

Sorry it took me a while to respond. I ordered the torsion bars from fordpartsgiant.com last October. You may want to check with TASCA he sells Ford parts to the forum members and may be able to find the torsion bars.

Expeditionary: The only mod I had to do to make the RCD lift kit work was to weld plates into the front shock mounts. The plates lowered the upper mount four inches. The picture below shows the plate welded into the mount.

 

[rkduff99]

Thanks

Appreciate the response Floorit, I just ordered these from them and hope to receive them in around a week. Will post pics once completed. Thanks for your help.

PS. Your ride is incredible, hope mine can look that good some day.

Keith

 

[SWIDDY25]

Got my 7700 bars on yesterday, simply amazing how weak the original eb torsion bars were, i've got 38.5" from floor to bottom of wheel well with my stock 265/70/17 and still have a little adjusting bolt to work with, all i gotta do is get some rear shocks for my longer and stiffer rear coils and figure out what tire size will work best with a set of 16x10 (any suggestions welcome) thanks for all the help

 

[FloorIt]

SWIDDY25 glad everything worked out. I've been happy with the bars since the install.

 

[Expeditionary]

Sorry it took me a while to respond. I ordered the torsion bars from fordpartsgiant.com last October. You may want to check with TASCA he sells Ford parts to the forum members and may be able to find the torsion bars.

Expeditionary: The only mod I had to do to make the RCD lift kit work was to weld plates into the front shock mounts. The plates lowered the upper mount four inches. The picture below shows the plate welded into the mount.

wow thank you so much for responding, I really want to do a suspension lift on my truck and now that I know it can be done with just that small mod I'm starting to save!
My only concern is that I want to go with the Zone kit rather than the RCD, but when reading toohighexpo's (i think thats who it was) thread called finally done he was saing something about extending a plate of bracket 8" to fit his fabtech on an air ride. Im not getting a fabtech but it may be worth the extra money to go with the RCD since now I know it fits... decisions decisions.
Thanks again