Got home today and a RoadMaster box was waiting for me.
I figured 'what the heck' and grabbed the digital
camera, changed into some old clothes and went to
work on it.
Took 3 hours, mostly due to me taking a bunch of
photos at every step. I did one side in about 1.5
hours taking pics, then when I did the other side I
put the camera down and finished it in about 20
minutes! Very easy and straightforward install. I'm
very impressed with the quality of this kit, it had
all the parts it needed which appear to be very
high quality, and excellent instructions.
I'll be putting together a page on the install but
before that I thought I'd mention that my kit is a
bit different than the one shown on this page
http://home.insightbb.com/~barryoliver/trukpix/trukpix.htm
The Axle Anchor Bracket (thing with the adjusting
bolt in it) is designed slightly different. Instead
of a cup washer type setup mine has round metal piece
which pivots as the spring flexes. It came out of
the box lubed up with plenty of white grease. I wonder if this
is a new design to get rid of the squeaking some have
reported OR if this is a GenII only thing....
The other difference I noticed is that my leaf spring
locating bolt installs from the bottom of the spring
pack. The GenIII's look like they go in from the
top.
You don't need air tools for this but they do come in
REAL handy when removing the U bolts on the axles. I
didn't use any penetrating lube, just let the air do
the work. Almost stalled out the impact a few times
but if slowly loosed all the bolts. Penetrating oil
is for wussies, real men have air tools!!
I'll have more to report on how it handles after
driving to work tommorow. I hope to have the install
page done in a day or so.
--Mike
www.mikesdakota.com
>> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:14:40 -0500
>> From: Michael Clark <dml@mikesdakota.com>
>> Subject: DML: Roadmaster ordered
>>
>> Called Roadmaster this morning and ordered a set for
>> the Dak. I just could not pass up this deal. Talked to
>> John Clark who said they have had an incredible
>> response from us. He also asked me for the DML's web
>> address. I'll have pics and install notes for genII
>> guys before long....
>>
>> - --Mike
>> www.mikesdakota.com
>>
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