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tybardy
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yea, the 2/3 should give it a nice stance, not looking forward to doing an alignment though
It's gonna look ****. If you need a hand hit me up, if I'm not busy I'll turn some bolts..
BlizzardX23
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1st) What rear springs did you go with?
2nd) What do changing the keys do? and where did you get them?
3rd) Do you have websites I can look at to order from?..(part specific?)
4th) Your truck look will look sick lowered..but great lifted as well
5th) Lets ALL lower our trucks on the forum just for RT! hahah
Dont be mad RT...our trucks are MEAN and sound BAD ASS while they are lowered with exhaust! hah!
Now...Convertibles and Stock trucks are for the
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JK is actually hooking me up nice on his old 2/3... springs and keys... the keys lower the front end and the drop springs drop the rear end. This is about the cheapest way a person can lower their vehicle. Well i suppose you could cut the rear springs yourself and then just buy keys.
I would prefer to get spendles, 4 new shocks, extenders, and i suppose some helper bags would be nice too although that gets pretty pricey.
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you got a gear puller? I am still at a loss as to where i am going to get one of these to install the keys
I would prefer to get spendles, 4 new shocks, extenders, and i suppose some helper bags would be nice too although that gets pretty pricey.
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you got a gear puller? I am still at a loss as to where i am going to get one of these to install the keys
Rollin Thunder
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1st) What rear springs did you go with?
2nd) What do changing the keys do? and where did you get them?
3rd) Do you have websites I can look at to order from?..(part specific?)
4th) Your truck look will look sick lowered..but great lifted as well
5th) Lets ALL lower our trucks on the forum just for RT! hahah
Dont be mad RT...our trucks are MEAN and sound BAD ASS while they are lowered with exhaust! hah!
Now...Convertibles and Stock trucks are for the
silverado is far from stock. And my convertible is way to loud for gay people.
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tybardy
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yea i used to do that a lot at Home Cheapo... but i found that i started keeping more things then returning as i wanted to make my tool collection (which is really pretty sorry) look better.
i will probably end up renting one from AZ
TheFuzz
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Be careful with the ones from AZ, bro...I've heard they are pretty weak compared to the 7-ton craftsman deals. We used a pretty hardcore 3-jaw puller when we put my F150 keys in, and even that made me a little nervous. Theres a shit ton of pressure on those torsion bars.
Although you're doing lowering keys as opposed to lifting...it might be a little easier on the puller that way.
Although you're doing lowering keys as opposed to lifting...it might be a little easier on the puller that way.
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your scaring me man!!!!
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From Joe cool himself..........if that ain't the pot callin' the kettle black.
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$40 7 ton from Sears, that's what I did. I gave mine to my brother in law for assisting on the drop when we did it. I may be able to get it from him if I can get with him before he leaves. He's a pit mechanic for a porsche racing team and he leaved Friday for like a month. He just moved and I don't know if he has his tools out and handy. Let me know if you can't get a hold of one and I'll try and hit him up. When I did my drop Autozone said they did not rent tools anymore and I went to AZ rentals and they said they did not have pullers but I think the guy I talked to was an idiot. None the less I ended up buying one. Checker might still rent tools and in that case you could rent the "special torsion key unloader". The drop will be cake, it should take you an hour or two tops.........
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tybardy
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yea i was thinking about doing like Chistoso said and just buying the thing from sears and returning it after i use it... i just dont want to buy the thing as i will likely not use it again for a great many years if ever!
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No doubt, that's why I had no problem giving it to my brother in law, he wanted it and I figured I'd never use it again. After the epic ball joint battle we went through changing out the spindles I thought it was the least I could do. Oh, BTW, my alignment was $75 after the drop so it's not that bad..........
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I have a buddy who is a service writer at Lund Cadillac, im going to be bringing my truck to him with my warranty paperwork and he is going to fix a few "warranty" issues for me... I need my entire front suspension re-done, guage cluster, and possible manifold leak anyway so he is going to tack on some extra work and call it a bad AC pump or something... Im hoping he can throw in the allignment
I don't normally hijack threads but..um. I read this and immediately got a migraine headache so I had to put my sunglasses on and do a nerd pose.
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I did my keys a year ago without a puller.. I live in the mid-west where rust is normal. I just sprayed it with some lube and waited a day. You can even use a c-clamp with the piviot ball removed to make it eaiser to remove the bolt.
Rollin Thunder
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I have no lowered trucks????
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tybardy
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i really have no idea what the **** i am doing... so what you just said is forign to me untill i get under the truck and see what the hell i need to do, i was just told that i need a gear puller
TheFuzz
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I'm from Ohio, so I'm no stranger to rust - but rust isn't the issue. The issue is the huge amount of spring pressure tied up in the torsion bars. Sure, you can use a C-clamp, but I have read about people who have gotten their hands totaled pretty bad when the clamp slips and the torsion bar unloads into their arm. I'm not saying it's a guarenteed injury (you pulled it off without incident, obviously). I'm just saying that unless you absolutely have no other means of doing it, rent or buy a 7-ton gear puller and do it the right way.
Hell, there are usually enough people interested in doing this mod that we could probably do a "pass around" program through the forum. One person buys the puller, then a member who needs it could pay $5 to the owner to rent it out for a week or whatever. The owner pays the shipping to you, you pay the shipping back. Or something like that. Over at bladeforums.com, they have people pass knives around all the time, some of which are EXTREMELY valuable. The rules are pretty strict for the passarounds, but they rarely ever have issues. The moderators have to be involved though - if someone tries to make off with one of the items, their name, address and personal contact info gets posted on the forum for the world to see.
We could probably implement something like that here with specialty tools that most of us would usually rent. I'd be happy to talk to Shaggy and look into getting something like that set up if enough people were interested...
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tybardy
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yea im to scared to have that much load being held by a c-clamp... maybe im just a *****-wallet
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