Hello guys, tomorrow I'm gonna go ahead and install the 1.5" AS leveling kit I bought for my truck. I've read the directions a bunch of times and have all the tools. I'm just curious if any of you have any suggestions or any pieces of advice to make the install go smoother. Anything to look out for? Thanks in advance!

 

It might not help if your doing it tomorrow, But I usually soak all the joints and bolts with KROIL a couple days before I do the job. Everything comes apart much easier and without the extra force.

 

Here is a good write-up on installing a AS system I found that helped me alot!

http://www.f150online.com/forums/sus...t-install.html

Hope it helps.

 

I did the 2.5 in the front and the 3" block in the rear....very happy with the choice....impact helped a great deal...only prob i had was with the upper ball joint. Sounds half assed but I used a parallel clamp tighten to get the upper ball to the spindle...if not the nut will never tighten. Get aligned asap when ur done!! 50 beans at my uncles shop.

 

BIG FREAKIN' HAMMER

and have fun

 

Alright great guys! I'll be doing this after work today so I'll let you all know how it goes!

 

Well got everything done today. Took about 2.5 hours to do the first side and only about 40 min to do the last side since my buddy and I knew what we were doing.

One of the hardest parts in my opinion was getting the shock to line back up so you could put the bolt through that holds it in place.

The other thing to zfisher, we used a vice grip on the upper part of the spindle so that it didn't spin and that's how we were able to tighten it to the upper ball.

Thank you all for your advice and especially that link to the tutorial. I'm getting it aligned tomorrow morning so I should be able to post pics sometime in the next day or so. Thanks again!

 

sweet. amazing how such a small piece of metal can really make a huge difference

 

Well my tire shop aligned it for free this morning since I just bought the tires last week. Funny thing is, I get a call from them telling me I left a vice grip on one of the bolts down there, glad it didn't come flying off! Anywhere here are some pics, in two of the pics it might look like its too high in the front but my driveway is not level and the rear right tire is also in a little bit of a ditch.

Pics:

 

Very good job! Looks sharp!

 

Lookin Good!!

 

Thanks!

Here's another funny story, turns out what I thought to be rubbing was actually just the tires catching on the mud guards that I installed! Oh well, it gave me an excuse to throw on a leveling kit.

 

Did you actually have a torque wrench to tighten your nuts down to the specified torque?
I've got a garage full of tools and didn't have a torque wrench that could go past 150ft/lb.

So, I just had the shop check the torque on all the bolts.

 

nice job.
what was that lower nut? was it 250ft/lbs? maybe it was 275. I know I just used my 250lb wrench but I can't remember If I had it maxed out or not. must have been good as I did mine about a year ago and it's till in there.

 

IS the main reason for these lifts to ease rubbing of bigger tires or is it to look cool? Is there a benefit other then the rubbing? I think my truck handles like a top heavy boat compared to my old GM's. Why would I make it worse? Not trying to just wonder what the difference is.