Re: lowering the rear!
>from:Tim
starwolf@bewellnet.com
>to lower the rearend,which is what I'm going to do, you first have
to determind if the DAK is a 2x4 or a 4x4 and the differences are: 2x4's
have the axles over( on top of ) the springs. Whereas the 4x4's have the
axle under the springs so they can get the raised heigth. So to lower your
truck all you have to decide on is how many inches you want to go. Most all
bigger retail auto parts distributors have from 1"(inch ) all the way up to
4 to 6" blocks. My personal opinion would to NOT go over 3", because of the
chance that the axle might twist and roll because of the axle is now away
from the actual support and strength of the springs. when you sellect the
blocks make sure they have a formed or drilled hole on one side and a
formed or pressed-in pin on the opposite side. these drilled and pinned
areas are for the axle and spring alinements. your other question deals
with blocks and hangers: when you get this setup, it should come as a kit.
the blocks are the pieces that give you the ability to either raise or
lower the truck so many inches. the hangers are the u-shaped bolt
attachment that holds the axle to the springs. I hope this helps and be
careful, a lot of people don't realize how heavy axle assemblies are: for
the DAKS they are around 250 lbs.(v-8) model.
>'95 SLT 2x4+3.55 with V-8,dual x-haust,ARE molded tonneau cover with
wing
getting parts traced on internet to lower (spindles) 2" and raise HP
to around(if not over) 300HP.
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> From: Michael Clark <mclark@wt.net>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: lowering the rear
> Date: Tuesday, October 21, 1997 10:32 PM
>
> hey guys with all this talk about lowering I thought I'd ask this. How
> difficult (expensive) would it be for me to lower just the rear end
> maybe 2 inches at most to level out the truck? How is the best way to
> do this blocks? hangers? what are they anyway....
>
> thanks.
> --
> Michael Clark mike@snakebite.com
> '93 MarkIII 4X2 V-8 SWB RC auto
> MP SBEC, K&N FIPK, Flowmaster cat-back dual
> Doug Thorley Headers, Moroso Blue Max wires
> http://userv.wt.net/~mclark/dakota.html
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