ford keys

[amxguy1970]

what are these? i hear about them on full sizes, is there anything like that for our trucks? i saw a before and after pick on a 2500, looked good, about 2-3 inches it looked like, i was just curious, cause i only want a few inches and i am not really wanting to turn the t-bars and i am not a big fan of bodylifts. so if anyone knows what i am talking about with these keys, just let me know. thanks yall!

[AZS10Crew]

Not sure. The only "keys" I know of related to lifting are the torsion bar keys. You can replace the stock ones with ones from Superlift to raise the front a couple inches, but this will ruin your front end eventually.

[Conman]

I just read a post over at the AV board. It appears you can use Fullsize Ford T-bar "keys" to get more t-bar crank lift out of the front end. Seems to be the same thing as the SuperLift keys. Probably does not fit the s10 though.

Cheers,
Con

[2bunik]

only keys I know of ! open your doors.

[amxguy1970]

when you say ruin the front end, what will it due? does using these keys do the same thing as just cranking the stock t-bars but to more of a radical lift? i am just looking for a few more inches, and the keys and rear springs sounded real good. but i am a college student and i plan on keeping this truck for a while, so reliability is a big issue for me, i don't want drive axels and cv joints gone in a year or so. so would someone be kind enough to explain to me what this t-bar cranking does in contrast to the keys? and yes, those are exactly what i was talking about azs-10crew. thanks alot guys, yall been alot of help over the last year.

[HenryJ]

when you say ruin the front end, what will it due? ...

What the keys do is allow you to crank the T-bars beyond the point that you can with the stock keys (indexers, "porkchops").

People are having troubles when they crank the stock keys to the maximum rotation, now imagine adding the Ford keys and turning some more.

Problems: CV's, especially the CV boots due to the severe operating angles for the half-shafts.
Balljoints especially the upper since it will be maxed.
Alignment. I'm not even sure if the upper a-arm would have enough outward adjustment to compensate. I know it is really close to the max. when to stock indexers are maxxed out.