09-24-2017, 10:29 AM
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Location: Northern Nevada
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Re: Starting the overall replacement of front suspension today :-) drop time.
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Originally Posted by PaPaStewySnipes
In doing 4" up front and 5-6 in the rear. For the rear I have 4" drop leaf, need to order shackles. Hard part there is not many available for 2.25 leafs. Djm has some part# SH1012C2, ECE has some that are 1.5" drop bit I'm not sure exactly what I need to have a perfect level truck so havent bought some yet, even though about buying some 2.5 wide shackles and using two 1/8" washers to make it perfect, think cpp has some as well, do you know of any others? ECE said axle should be fine on a leaf truck after the rear drop because I will not be going more than 6" havent been able to confirm on my own yet. I will by next weekend and post up some pics, I slowed down on the work some because of a cold. Weather changing always gets me a head cold.
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Yep, warm weather is about done. I'm not much familiar with drops. You may have to relocate your shock mounts at the rear, which I believe is the top mounts. ECE tells me the existing mount locations are fine with a 4" leaf drop, which may mean more than that requires a mod.
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