junkyardbiker
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After waiting almost a month for all of my parts to come in, and I got bored one day, instead of waiting a few more days for a lift with every tool in the world available to me, I decided to just tinker in my driveway with my junk box of trail tools(tools I drag around in the mud and don't care about loosing). 6 Hours later this was done! Most of this time was waiting for the bushings to burn out so I could re-use the metal sleeves.
Started with this, stock saggy leaf springs, weldless Zuk mod using 3rd gen rear coils. rode okay but rebounded badly off of bumps.
a little while of wrenching, drinking, and swearing....
a lot more wrenching, drinking, and swearing...
OME medium duty leafs, DT shocks and the original shackles. New shackles are later. Everything fit without a problem and went easily since my truck isn't really too rusty underneath. The only fitment issue I did have was the pin bolt on the new leafs was too tall for the original bumpstop to sit over. Few strokes with the hacksaw fixed that. They are quite stiff, hoping they soften up a good bit as they get broken in. Now its just waiting on the Blazeland LT for the front!
Started with this, stock saggy leaf springs, weldless Zuk mod using 3rd gen rear coils. rode okay but rebounded badly off of bumps.
a little while of wrenching, drinking, and swearing....
a lot more wrenching, drinking, and swearing...
OME medium duty leafs, DT shocks and the original shackles. New shackles are later. Everything fit without a problem and went easily since my truck isn't really too rusty underneath. The only fitment issue I did have was the pin bolt on the new leafs was too tall for the original bumpstop to sit over. Few strokes with the hacksaw fixed that. They are quite stiff, hoping they soften up a good bit as they get broken in. Now its just waiting on the Blazeland LT for the front!
