New springs - still got a lean!!!

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  1. Jsarnold

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    Awesome! Thankfully, that's pretty much what we did except we tightened everything with the car still up in the air.

    We had custom u-bolts bent (from a nearby big rig shop) since we couldn't find the right ones anywhere locally.

    I torqued each u-bolt nut to 40ft.lbs, then to 45ft.lbs. Is that enough? I was afraid of crushing the axle housing...???
     
    klynam, Dec 22, 2011
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    Got it - thx - I'll report back...
     
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    Looks like something is up with the forums. I tried to quote someone and it quoted a totally different person.
     
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    It made me the suspension tech. :D
     
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    You are right about one thing blugene, Darren is a totally different person :)

    You must have quoted him from Jsarolds post :cool:
     
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    Looks like its a chain reaction due to a incomplete quote tag in post 12.
     
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    I think Scooper had that problem a while back on his car. IIRC, he gave up and put a spacer block in the rear on the low side.....
     
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    Way to go Gene I think you've messed up the time continuum....:biglaugh:
     
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    lol.. Here we go. Blame the Comet guy :rofl2:
     
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  13. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    A half inch can be very difficult to eliminate. I managed a Midas Muffler store back in the 80's. We were trained for selling add-one. We kept coil springs in stock for many cars. All we had to do was measure the height of the vehicle and show the customer the difference. I would venture to say 95% of the vehicles we measured were close to 1/2" lower on the drivers side. Just out of curiosity I got a chance to measure some cars on a new car lot. Well, guess what. I found very few to measure the same, most always lower on the drivers side.
     
    rayzorsharp, Dec 23, 2011
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    RMiller My name is Rick

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    You say new bushings, did you replace the upper shackle bushings?
     
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    Yep - everything new...
     
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