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Old 05-08-2018, 10:30 AM   #599
Robert Haas
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Location: Salinas Ca.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part IV

Finished the drop.

the rear leaf springs had been re-arched about 10 years ago and I had dropped spindles (2 1/2" ) with Eibach 1" under springs before this weekend.

But I decided to do the C Notch and had to do several additional steps

1. I had to remove and lower the front spring perch 2 inches I built a gusset and boxed it for strength
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2.cut off and remounted spring perch on rear end after setting proper pinion angle.


Also had to notch the forward cross member for drive shaft clearance, (no picture as I did this after assembly when we noticed contact during the first test drive)

So we put it all together and took a picture for comparison



before the C Notch and spring flip

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After

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Once we had that all done I just did not like how flat the truck was, it measured zero pitch but looked nose high



So back on the lift and I yanked the front springs and pulled half a coil of height out of them by heating and flattening them out


Done

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