PlanetExpress
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Began the install Saturday morning around 9:30 am. Managed to get everything disassembled with the exception of the seized alignment cam bolts. Turns out sawzall blades rated for metal aren't rated for anything like the bolts i was dealing with. Spend a solid 6 hours cutting away at these things. Used up about 15 blades. Sunday morning i picked up a set of Diablo Carbide tip blades... they did the job in 15-20 minutes.... the 1000th lesson i've had on using the right tool for the job.
anywho! ran into some issues when swapping the current setup to the Blazeland setup.
1. The blazeland setup used the factory torsion bar to UCA bolts, i had Ranch mid-travel control arms which (unbeknownst to me) used different bolts. needed some grade 8 hardware quick. 1/2-13 3.5 inch bolts will fit (rather snuggly... Lowes didnt carry metric grade 8 hardware)
2. The mid-travel shock tower and Blazeland LCA shock tabs position a shock to interfere with the UCA in almost every position of travel. I will need to weld in new shock tabs in a different location on the LCA
3. The beefed up center-link on my truck positioned the inner tie rods roughly 3 inches inboard of the factory position. When i was trying to get the truck aligned i had toe in really bad and couldn't figure out why. Had to swap to a factory center-link
All of these issues had to do with owning a truck that was modified by the PO and not having a complete idea of how the parts would work with the Blazeland kit. The Blazeland kit itself was great!
anywho! ran into some issues when swapping the current setup to the Blazeland setup.
1. The blazeland setup used the factory torsion bar to UCA bolts, i had Ranch mid-travel control arms which (unbeknownst to me) used different bolts. needed some grade 8 hardware quick. 1/2-13 3.5 inch bolts will fit (rather snuggly... Lowes didnt carry metric grade 8 hardware)
2. The mid-travel shock tower and Blazeland LCA shock tabs position a shock to interfere with the UCA in almost every position of travel. I will need to weld in new shock tabs in a different location on the LCA
3. The beefed up center-link on my truck positioned the inner tie rods roughly 3 inches inboard of the factory position. When i was trying to get the truck aligned i had toe in really bad and couldn't figure out why. Had to swap to a factory center-link
All of these issues had to do with owning a truck that was modified by the PO and not having a complete idea of how the parts would work with the Blazeland kit. The Blazeland kit itself was great!
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