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Changing ride height with a solid axle means getting out the blacksmith’s hammer and anvil, as the metal will have to be heated and stretched. Though this is a later-model axle, it serves to illustrate what happens to the axle during the drop process. See that oblong hole in the beam? It used to be round.
Comparing Front Suspensions For A Ford F-100 Pickup

 Changing ride height with a solid axle means getting out the blacksmith’s hammer and anvil, as the metal will have to be heated and stretched. Though this is a later-model axle, it serves to illustrate what happens to the axle during the drop process. See that oblong hole in the beam? It used to be round.  View Related Article

 

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