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carli 2.5"spring question
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I have all my parts too just waiting on the time to do it! After Christmas I plan on getting it done.
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All you need now is rear leafs. Makes all the difference in the world.
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For the guys with severe driver's side lean, it might be worth it to shim the back end a little to help with leveling from side to side. Find a 1/2" or 1" block to put under your leafs and you'd be amazed at how much it changes the front end. Also, before even doing that I'd loosen up the leafs and shackles and give it a good shake down (you can drive it for a little bit) to make sure its settled down, the guys with 1"+ difference may have the leafs in a bind right now.
After all that if you still lean, then I'd look at shims for the coils. I bought three 1/4" shims from PMF to finally get mine looking good (to me at least)
After all that if you still lean, then I'd look at shims for the coils. I bought three 1/4" shims from PMF to finally get mine looking good (to me at least)
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just get the ouo levelers. problem solved.
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Shims from pmf are 14 bucks though lol. Yes I actually did the leaf spring "bounce while loose" (got this idea from a local suspension guru ). SOB it worked! Now my drivers side is higher than passenger side lol thatS ok though once the new icon springs go on the spacers will be gone
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The ouo'S in my opinion( just speaking from how my truck was bound up) will only mask the problem. These trucks should be even period.. my truck my off by an inch with 100 miles on it and no fuel in the tank lol All I had to do was wake up the suspension evidently.
In case anybody wanted to know what I did- I have a fork lift in my garage, loosend the u bolts that hold the leaf spring, and picked up a 750 pound weight I used (it is a steel hub that came off a ship years ago I use it for traction in the winter throw it in my work van when I need to go out on snowy days). Anyways, sat it in the truck a hand full of times with some force on it... re-tightend the u bolts and good to go. I had success with this, others may not
In case anybody wanted to know what I did- I have a fork lift in my garage, loosend the u bolts that hold the leaf spring, and picked up a 750 pound weight I used (it is a steel hub that came off a ship years ago I use it for traction in the winter throw it in my work van when I need to go out on snowy days). Anyways, sat it in the truck a hand full of times with some force on it... re-tightend the u bolts and good to go. I had success with this, others may not
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I never ran them, I did run the cArli deavers though. I loved them.
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carli 2.5"spring question
I have the icon 2.5 springs with fox 2.0 shocks. My ride is still pretty rough could this be from the stock leafs in the rear?
Edit*** Nevermind this post sorry guys didn't realize I was in the 6.7 discussion. Just got back to using Tapatalk and thought I was under the 6.0 discussion.
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I have the icon 2.5 springs with fox 2.0 shocks. My ride is still pretty rough could this be from the stock leafs in the rear?
Edit*** Nevermind this post sorry guys didn't realize I was in the 6.7 discussion. Just got back to using Tapatalk and thought I was under the 6.0 discussion.
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I would seriously try "un-binding" your rear springs... read my post above. It's worth a try
Reading this and right now isn't making sense. Little sleep probably isn't helping lol. Why loosen the u bolts?
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Strokersace
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I was wondering the dame thing. It's not just you. I could see it being the shackle and hangers, but the u-bolts?
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When you loosened the u bolts it gives the springs "play" and the dowel pin, and the springs themselves can "resettle" into place. I dunno- but it worked for me all I did was scratch my head when the job was done. Edit: I am running super low on sleep as well lol I was supposed to also say that the shackles were supposed to be loose from the frame but I didn't do that
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