O.K. Mike:
Here's what I did. If you are gonna do it buy hand, I would grab some WD-40
or something similar and spray the nuts on the u-bolts cause they will
probably be tight. I did mine one side at a time. I put the back of the
truck up on jackstands, then took 2 u-bolts off on one side and jacked the
rear end up enough to raise it to get the blocks under. Make sure the
blocks are in their notches. Tighten things down and go ahead with the
other side. On one note, I got a set from a local speed shop and the holes
for the block to sit on the so called "pins" were not big enough. I had to
round mine out a little bit. I personally think the 2" blocks look the
best, it pretty much leveled my truck out. I think it looks a lot better.
Not a hard job and shouldn't take you more than 1 and a half.
Later
Scott Miller
Shelby #322
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Clark <mike@snakebite.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, February 09, 1998 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: DML: lowering blocks
>Bruce Aaron Hefner wrote:
>>
>> I doubt if it will make any difference because I've seen trucks with lift
>> kits in them that just had a block between axle and the springs and the
>> springs overhung the blocks by about a 1/4" on either side (Compared with
>> an 1/8" with the lowering block), so I doubt it would really matter with
a
>> lowering block either...
>
>Ok, I'll take yer word on it. I just ordered the blocks from Summit for
>$21.69 they should be here on Thursday.
>
>Scott, I think you or someone else posted to me months ago on the
>procedure for putting these puppies on. Would whoever did that be so
>kind as to post a how to one more time??? It looks like you just undo 4
>bolts remove the U bolts, insert the block and put on the new longer U
>bolts and bolt it back up. But I'd feel better hearing from someone who
>has done this before.
>
>Thanx.
>
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>----
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