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Post by Mark on May 23, 2012 12:32:04 GMT -5
My wife recieved my package today. Gonna start the rear tonight. Steve get with me so i can borrow those tools please sir.
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Post by Mark on May 23, 2012 16:31:21 GMT -5
The rear springs are installed. Pics in a little while.
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Post by Mark on May 23, 2012 17:59:47 GMT -5
Pictures of my work on the rear end... Begining heigth for the rear wheel well... Begining height of side skirt at the rear wheel... Factory spring ... Rear springs removed... One of my installation steps was to cut off 30mmyou of the bump stopper... Eibach spring in place... New height of rear wheel well... New height of side skirt at rear wheel... So far i love it. Ready to drop the front. She is going to look so good.
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Post by steve on May 23, 2012 21:10:20 GMT -5
sorry for the late response, work has been killer lately. I can either leave the tool out on my porch for you, or i can swing it by tomorrow when i get off. It might be kinda late though since i have to go up north for the day. Either way, let me know and it will be avail.
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Post by fed728 on May 24, 2012 8:22:29 GMT -5
Did it drop the rear a inch? Having a hard time seeing where the ruler was placed.
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Post by Mark on May 24, 2012 9:00:00 GMT -5
It was about an 1 3/4" drop.
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Post by fed728 on May 24, 2012 9:01:40 GMT -5
oh, thats awesome. cant wait to see it
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Post by Mark on May 24, 2012 17:53:16 GMT -5
Pictures of my work on the front end... Beginning heights of the front end at the wheel well and the side skirt... Front factory set up... Now removed... Once again cut down the bump stop... Front strut out with factory... New Eibach coil over installed... now in the truck... New heights of the front end... Finished project... Im happy but if you notice I have this joint in the upper control arm that I can't get to press back in so I can tighten it back down.
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Post by Dan on May 25, 2012 13:49:55 GMT -5
Nice work dude..... have you tried putting a jack under the spindle? Might give you the clearance to get a couple threads started on that joint.
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Post by Mark on May 25, 2012 14:13:21 GMT -5
What happened is he nut and the bolt both turn. Need yo gwt pressed to build pressure back against me tightening. Do you think the shop would charge me a lot if needed?
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Post by steve on May 25, 2012 15:45:34 GMT -5
Dans jack idea should work but.. you could also use one of these... put it in between the ball joint and the control arm and wedge it in there. That should give you the "pressure" that you are looking for to get the bolt started.. they sell them for 10-15 bucks at any parts store, or i have one if you would like to borrow it..
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Post by Mark on May 25, 2012 15:54:05 GMT -5
I believ now that what happen believe it or not the nut started to cross thread as i was taking it off. So now the nut is siezed up. I now need to bust the nut off and start from fresh.
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Post by steve on May 25, 2012 16:46:23 GMT -5
dang, might be worth it to just replace the ball joint.. usually they aren't all that expensive.
just a thought..
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Post by Mark on May 25, 2012 17:06:22 GMT -5
i thought that myself so I called around to find out that its prefabricated with the ball joint pressed into the upper control arm and sold as one piece for 150 bucks.
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Post by steve on May 25, 2012 21:28:41 GMT -5
Wow. That's crazy. Never heard of that...
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