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My shop wants $150 so I may tackle myself. How hard was it?


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My shop wants $150 so I may tackle myself. How hard was it?


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Thats a better price than i got the lowest price i got was 200 but it wasnt too hard just the time because 9 times out of 10 the bottom bolts are rusted into the shackle sleeve. So they will have to be cut out with a grinder what i did was cut the factory shackles in half the top bolt will slide right out after u cut the shackle in half it will be easier to get to the bottom bolts

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Hey James, you have pics of shackles installed?
Ill post them up tomarrow

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Thanks, my spring are 2 years old so bolts shouldn't be that bad.


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Ordered some shackles from Norcal_SS, and shall be here Friday.
 

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Just need some time to do. May have to be on a Sat night in garage since the month of Dec we are working a 6 day work week and Sundays are for a lil Church, lil 1800 and the rest football :)
 
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Just need some time to do. May have to be on a Sat night in garage since the month of Dec we are working a 6 day work week and Sundays are for a lil Church, lil 1800 and the rest football :)

Yea i feel that been hurtin for time to let me kno if u need any help with it pretty sure u wouldnt tho and i ment to ask whats the stock height for ur limited sounds stupid but i wanna make my z71 like a limited

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Yea i feel that been hurtin for time to let me kno if u need any help with it pretty sure u wouldnt tho and i ment to ask whats the stock height for ur limited sounds stupid but i wanna make my z71 like a limited

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Not sure of height since I haven't measured it with the factory's. Being a 2wd and is lowered 2in's from the factory also. You may have to come down another 2/3 drop from how your sits now.


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Not sure of height since I haven't measured it with the factory's. Being a 2wd and is lowered 2in's from the factory also. You may have to come down another 2/3 drop from how your sits now.


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Ok coo because it sits level now 34 1/2 with the 24'on

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i've got a '97 2 door, 2 wd and I'm having trouble with the shackle rubbing on the fuel filler neck, the rubber part.
How have you guys gotten around that?

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i've got a '97 2 door, 2 wd and I'm having trouble with the shackle rubbing on the fuel filler neck, the rubber part.
How have you guys gotten around that?

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Did you get it worked out? Plan to do mine next week when I get some time off.


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i've got a '97 2 door, 2 wd and I'm having trouble with the shackle rubbing on the fuel filler neck, the rubber part.
How have you guys gotten around that?

thanx


In rear you have to unscrew the factory bolt that holds the cargo hook and get a M10 65 mm x 1.5 pitch bolt. then get one of these clamps and tigten it up and will clear the shakle. anything else just hit me back
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In rear you have to unscrew the factory bolt that holds the cargo hook and get a M10 65 mm x 1.5 pitch bolt. then get one of these clamps and tigten it up and will clear the shakle. anything else just hit me back
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So his being a 2dr is different than the 4dr and needing that clamp.


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Just finished mine, took 1 1/2 hours.
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Thanks, funny driving to bone yard now and looking out side mirror and see the rear end lower.


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haha, yeah thats cool. i need to get some lift shackles to bring it up even instead of the cali lean. probably hit tony up next week about it. yours really looks good though. my boy just asked if it was darth vaders truck and if there are any storm troopers inside.
 

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my boy just asked if it was darth vaders truck and if there are any storm troopers inside.

Thanks, and it's just a ex- Military, current Postal worker and his lil friends, .





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