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| | | | Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 272 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 272 | http://community.webshots.com/user/ifrizlfri Look at the frame pictures. There are some shots of the Passenger side. This thing is a pain. How do I level it? Should I compress as far as I can and let the Shock try to hold it there? WHat is wrong here? I want all the input I can get good bad or indifferent. And no I dont know what I am doing. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 259 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 259 | The only thing I see wrong is the T-bolts holding the upper A-arm to the top hat are backwards. The Tee side goes on the bottom and the nut goes on top.
Everything else looks fine to me...just install the shock for now. You just need weight on the front suspension and little by little the lower A-arm will move toward being parallel with the ground. I hope your running V-6 springs with air and not the v-8 springs.
Joe
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 179 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 179 | See my post about TCI spring problems (you'll have to 'show topics from last 60 days' - in this forumn. They need to be broken in. If you look a little farther back in this same forumn - then you can find some suggestions on how to compress springs. They are good ideas.
You can also look at my web page that's in my sig. It shows a similar problem.
59 Apache Step
78 El Camino
http://www.wsu.edu/~rsain
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 37 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 37 | Yea, you need to turn "T" bolts over, nuts go on top. Looks good other than that. I didn't put my springs in till I was almost done with the truck. I measured and cut a piece of (I think 5")thick wall PVC pipe, and set in place of spring ,to set everything to proper ride height, then finished building truck. It seemed easier setting up drive line when everything is at proper level? I had same problem, Good luck, looks like a nice job.
"Boop-Boop-a-doop"
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 154 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 154 | Mine was the same a nightmare trying to get spring compressed and into place with a spring compressor on spring, went partial compress then an all thread thru tower and a plate thru spring, takes courage because the plate unwound up the spring once. It has been six months with cab engine and chassis pretty well done and it has settled some, with everything on I'm hoping it'll be there. Seems the older I get the slower.
Zeker
The Amish Connection
51 Chevy 1/2 ton 5 window,Vortec hotrod, no horse
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