How hard is 3/4 drop install
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02-20-2003 | 03:15 PM
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How hard is 3/4 drop install
I got the belltech 3/4 drop kit, and cant wait to put it on. Just wondering if its a pain in the azz to do, or if i should pay someone to do it. It cant cost that much to have it put on can it?
I got 20" KMC Venoms and cant wait for the truck to come down on them.
Thanks Again Guys
Mike
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02-20-2003 | 03:27 PM
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the front springs and rear shackles will be easy, less than a hour with the right tools and a lift, its the rear hangers that are going to suck, they are rivited to the chasis and need to be cut off. I haven't done a belltech kit so guys who have could tell you the easiest way to get off the rear hangers.
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02-20-2003 | 03:49 PM
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Piece of cake.
I bought a 4" angle grinder from sears and grinded the heads off the rivits flush with the hanger. Then I took a BIG 1/2" cobalt drill bit and drilled the rivets out. I used a 3# sledge and a big punch to knock the rivet shanks through the frame. Front was a piece of cake. I used a flood jack under the control arm to take the pressure off the springs. Unbolt the shock and let it drop through the bottom. Used a pickle fork on the upper A arm to separate it. Through the new coil spring in. Don't forget to put the big rubber ring off the old coil on the new one. Compress the A arm with the jack and bolt in the new shock. Hook up the A arm and that's it. Oh yeah, don't forget the cam bolt kit and alignment.
I bought a 4" angle grinder from sears and grinded the heads off the rivits flush with the hanger. Then I took a BIG 1/2" cobalt drill bit and drilled the rivets out. I used a 3# sledge and a big punch to knock the rivet shanks through the frame. Front was a piece of cake. I used a flood jack under the control arm to take the pressure off the springs. Unbolt the shock and let it drop through the bottom. Used a pickle fork on the upper A arm to separate it. Through the new coil spring in. Don't forget to put the big rubber ring off the old coil on the new one. Compress the A arm with the jack and bolt in the new shock. Hook up the A arm and that's it. Oh yeah, don't forget the cam bolt kit and alignment.
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02-20-2003 | 03:53 PM
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Yes sir, it's a pain in the ***, especially the rear spring hangers. There have been lots of posts about this install, try the search button, lots of help there.
If you can afford to pay someone to do the installation, do it. I speak from experience, it's a bitch.
edit: dirtchicken likes to work more than I do.
Tim
If you can afford to pay someone to do the installation, do it. I speak from experience, it's a bitch.
edit: dirtchicken likes to work more than I do.
Tim
Last edited by Chikenears; 02-20-2003 at 03:56 PM.
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02-20-2003 | 04:24 PM
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02-20-2003 | 04:40 PM
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