Spring Codes
Almost every light duty Ford truck or SUV will utilize a spring code in order to identify which spring is in the truck. This is a huge advantage to identifying springs, as there are many different leaf spring stacks that can appear in Ford trucks.
How to Locate Your Spring Code
Determining your spring code is fairly simple. More than likely the spring code will reside at the bottom-right of the tag where the VIN is (Panel of DRIVER SIDE Door). It will be a 2, 3, or 4 character code.
2 Characters
1st Character – Front Spring
2nd Character – Rear Spring
3 Characters
1st Character – Front Spring
2nd Character – Ignore
3rd Character – Rear Spring
4 Characters
1st Character – Ignore
2nd Character – Front Spring
3rd Character – Ignore
4th Character – Rear Spring
How to Use Your Spring Code
Once you determine what your rear spring code is, you can select your vehicle and use the corresponding chart to determine the exact spring your Ford truck needs.