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Old Oct 20, 2006 | 08:35 AM
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flip rear question...

anyone that has lowered the rear of thier truck by putting the axle on top of the leaf springs........ what did you do about the axle pad? did you cut it off the top of the axle and put it on the bottom? any tricks there?
 
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Old Oct 20, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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yes, I cut the old axel pad off and bought new ones, first welded the new ones on so that I could measure off the old pads to locate the new pads. you will need to c notch the frame to allow clearence for the axel.
 
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