Lift install during the week?

[xrock]

Saturday install help

The lift is here- I was going to try for a weeknight install so I could make the Sonic meeting, but will just have to chill and wait for Saturday.

Clay, is the offer for your help at your house still out there?

Anyone wanting to help / shoot the s*** about Cruisers?

Shouldn't take too long with a couple pair of hands and a few good Cruiser minds.

Beer for the installers!

 

[accasbel]

changed to the weekend, before it was no, now it's a maybe...

 

[xrock]

I just got a call from Tim who’s a technician at ARB to let me know there is a known problem with the Oldman Emu- Dakkar rear springs.

Apparently this second batch has too much arch at the front of the rear springs. It might cause the rear axle to not want to fit back in or bottom out in severe cases.
He said he’s only had a few people call in with it not fitting and a bunch that said it was “tight” and hard to get back in.

They don’t have a “fix” for it yet and are trying to figure something out. In the meantime, he said to go ahead with the installation with this knowledge and see what happens. He also gave some advice to help ensure we didn’t run into the problem:

1- Take the grease zerk off and push the drive shaft through to help get some of the grease/ crud out. May have to use a screwdriver to scrape the crud so that there is more room for the drive shaft to move forward.
2- Don’t hook the drive shaft back up until after lowering the truck down and putting the shocks on.

He said I very well NOT have any problem, but wanted me to know about it just in case. The only real problem will be if it’s too short and bottoms out.

Now who wants in?? Doing some research for ARB - I thought it was very cool of them to call and make me aware of the situation and give pointers. Hopefully it will work out ok.

 

[TremorX]

Hmm... what time on Saturday?

 

[xrock]

Allright- I get that everyone's busy. If you can just answer a question that's been bothering me it would be very helpful.

Why would the ARB tech mention taking off the driveshaft? I've done susp lifts before and never touched the drive shaft. Is it something LC related.

Thanks

 

[accasbel]

Maybe---if the front has too much arch than the axle placement may be pushed back too far. If you try to place it connected, it would just pull apart the driveshaft, if that drops on your driveway you might damage the splines. The driveshaft removal would be preventative medicine. Not sure what the shocks have to do with it. Shocks are for rebound control not axle/truck support.

So, how are you supposed to know if it is really OK? If the arch is wrong, but if it compresses to what looks to be correct, the spring rate could be off and you wouldn't necesarily know.

 

[xrock]

hmm- good thinking Lee. He said we would know when we put the drive shaft back in. he also said that after testing on many different trucks that they were still within spec- but barely. Not good enough for them.

If I have to replace the rear springs in a few months at least it will be easier and I can do it myself.

The shocks play into it because the springs allow for much more droop than the shocks will allow. So basically, the shocks will keep the springs honest and in place.