Ok I am installing my OME Heavy/Heavy greasable kit and I know that everyone says to put the A spring on the driverside, but I could not find an A marking, where is it? All I noticed was that three of the spings had a + (Plus) mark on them, and one had a - (minus) mark? Which goes on the drivers side the plus or the minus? Also the kit only had 2 anti-inversion pins in it, there should be 4 correct, 2 front, 2 back?
Installing OME Kit ?
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Take your rear springs and lay them upside down and side by side. Eyes on the ground the the centering pin towards the sky.
One spring is a bit taller in the arch than they other. The taller one is your "A" spring.
One spring is a bit taller in the arch than they other. The taller one is your "A" spring.
The letters should be after the model number that is printed on the spring. ARB was talking about dropping the whole A/B thing anyway. Mine were wacked..I now have two "A" springs and I sit level. It's been 2 years and there has been no "settling" iether. Same height as it was the day I put them on.
The + and the - on the springs means that the spring is either slightly above spec or slightly below spec..and very slightly. If there is no A or B marking then I would guess if you have a + and a - rear spring put the + on the drivers side.
All four of my shackles are anti-inversion If the hole is not there for the pin they sent the wrong shackle if the hole is there and no pin then they didn't send it..(DUH)
Hope it helps
HD
The + and the - on the springs means that the spring is either slightly above spec or slightly below spec..and very slightly. If there is no A or B marking then I would guess if you have a + and a - rear spring put the + on the drivers side.
All four of my shackles are anti-inversion If the hole is not there for the pin they sent the wrong shackle if the hole is there and no pin then they didn't send it..(DUH)
Hope it helps
HD
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Thanks guys, that answers it for me, and Kurt is sending 2 pins my way. What grease do you guys use for your shackle pins?
My bushings came with little tubes of white bushing grease for the install.
I grease them with what every grease is in the gun when I service the rest of the rig. I think I used RTG (Red Tractor Grease) this month.
There are greases that you want to avoid since they can cause havoc on your bushings.
I grease them with what every grease is in the gun when I service the rest of the rig. I think I used RTG (Red Tractor Grease) this month.
There are greases that you want to avoid since they can cause havoc on your bushings.
Ditto..what ever I've got gets pumped in..
there are some that will break down the bushing..But I don't know what type of grease that is...I don't think it would be any "normal" grade of automotive grease...but "I don't think" is the key phrase here..
cause lots of the time, I don't
i just put my ome heavy on this weekend. my rear A spring had the minus sign on it. the rear b spring and both fronts had a + on it.
