leveling kit insanity plus
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Nah, they hit everything else though until I took a baseball bat and rolled the fender lips (old hotrodder trick), then they just hit the plastic inner fenderwell, then I pulled it back a little by moving the screws, all was OK at that point
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Yep, tied it off good, which released some of the force, used a drift (blunt punch) to drive bolts out, and sprong, cable snapped, should have used the come-a-long and a strap or logging chain
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couldnt resist either,
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really?
thats all my 35's hit. thats kinda weird. do you have spacers or something?
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Wow. OK, so if I get this right, you tied off the come a long and when you removed the eye bolt the spring shifted and snapped the cable?
Wouldn't all that pressure have made the eye bolt very hard to remove?
I guess if I do the kit in the future, I will be removing the U bolts from the axle and then removing the eye bolts (thus releasing any torque prior to pulling the eye bolts)
Wouldn't all that pressure have made the eye bolt very hard to remove?
I guess if I do the kit in the future, I will be removing the U bolts from the axle and then removing the eye bolts (thus releasing any torque prior to pulling the eye bolts)
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If you start the truck and turn the steering wheel while one side of the truck is in the air, the spring will move and be easier to seat inside the shackle......
BTW, I respect a lawyer that can turn his own wrenches and doesn't just drop drop it off at the shop while he is at the country club.
BTW, I respect a lawyer that can turn his own wrenches and doesn't just drop drop it off at the shop while he is at the country club.
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Remembering my own shackle lift adventure, I suspect this will result in more stuff to be muscled back into alignment. You may wish you had a pool. Just take your time and do what needs to be done and your results will be gratifying. Incidentally, I don't remember any "eye" bolts when I did mine.
As for the "eye" bolt, I am talking about the bolt that goes through the "eye" of the spring pack and the shackles, thus attaching the spring to the shackle. Probably not the right name, but definitely easy to picture.
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I'm suprised Brandon didn't mention the 1 ton small bottle nose jack you put between the frame and springs behind the tire to hold them so you could get that bolt out and in easier. He passed on that info when I did mine and it helped immensely.
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