drop brackets

[Ididriver]

im in the process of trying trying to align my 250 as most of you probally know.
but im wondering if i have the right brackets. they dont look like others ive seen so figured id ask and post some pics.
and if they are the right ones when i drill out the old rivets the holes should line up correct?

 

[franklin2]

Where did you get them, at a swap meet?

 

[flareside_thun]

Looks like the 2 sets I have in the shed...

 

[gonecrazyi]

The factory brackets are bolted in. Nice and easy. Except for getting the nuts under the oil pan lol.

 

[Ididriver]

Where did you get them, at a swap meet?

I got them off 4 wheel parts butthey are no longer listed. Wich doze give me a bad feeling.

 

[Ididriver]

The factory brackets are bolted in. Nice and easy. Except for getting the nuts under the oil pan lol.

That's the thing. My rear bracket has one bolt and like 8 rivets. Front bracket is all bolt.
I'll snap a pic as soon as this storm goes away( living on the beach isn't always great lol)

 

[flareside_thun]

Billy and I are getting slammed by rain as well so don't feel bad...it's putting my clutch job on hold, which is fine with me. Believe it or not...the all bolt and single bolt thing is factory.

 

[Ididriver]

Billy and I are getting slammed by rain as well so don't feel bad...it's putting my clutch job on hold, which is fine with me. Believe it or not...the all bolt and single bolt thing is factory.

Sucks I wanna Finnish this

Yeah the one bolt and rest rivets while other is all bolt left me thinking what the F ford was thinking.

 

[flareside_thun]

Musta ran out of rivets and had to call Fastenal.

 

[riotwarrior]

accident...bent the original bracket...replaced and bolted into place????

 

[tbrumm]

Those brackets look the ones made by Tuff Country. They have an "eccentric" in the axle pivot bolt to provide some additional adjustment for alignment. You could probably get on the Tuff Country website and double check if they are the correct ones for your F250.

 

[Keeway]

Yeah those are deffinetly aftermarket. most likely tuff country they look same as my tuff country ones on my ranger

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

today while i was under my truck i looked at the drop brackets and saw what you guys mentioned about the one bolt and tons of rivets. if you look, that one bolt on each bracket is ALSO part of the motor mount bracket on the top side of the engine cross member.

 

[Ididriver]

That's interesting.
I saw that the other day thought maybe it was part of it but dindt care to look to see if it was or not.
Thanks for confirming that.

Anyways. I have one last local shop to try out and if not there's a famy freind who dose this kind of work and well be going there. He said he could do it no problem. So this is getting finished one way or another.

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

good luck Chris.

hope it all works out and does not eat tires.