some history... bought my 97 80 with OME heavies on it and edelbrock extended shocks. for tires the truck had new toyo MTs (315). the ride was fine, a bit stiff but fine. when flexing the rear was fine, tucked up nicely, might have rubbed on the inside but the fronts rubbed at the lower rear of the front wheel well on both sides. the truck had both the front and rear sway bar drops in place. i had the OME bushings intsalled and it drove well overall. to get the tires to fit better, i ordered some slee spacers.
then i decided to do it right rather than do it just "better"... so it decided to just pull the trigger and order the slee 4" kit.
i ordered:
i PMed local MUD and local TLCA members of Yankee Toys members to ask for help and as always they responded with that they would help.
so... its off to LandTank's at 8am...
Things you will NEED if you are doing this install...
in the end, everything fit well, if i had not messed up by putting the wrong sleeves in the panhards we would have saved 2 hours. my bad. the moral of this long ass story is MUD is great, its members are great and for this one guy, the install was an amazing process...
guess what? i got in to drive 1 hr home and it rode great. no odd vibrations, no weird pulling, no strange noises, no driveline issues... next is was off to another MUD member to have him weld the castor plates for me... such a great community!
the only issue was that the wheel is turned about 50 degress to the right when driving straight. how do i fix this
then i decided to do it right rather than do it just "better"... so it decided to just pull the trigger and order the slee 4" kit.
i ordered:
- blue bushings for the control arms (not offset)
- slee castor plates
- 4" springs front and rear
- adjustable pahards front and rear
- adjustable rear control arms
- 4 OME long travel shocks
i PMed local MUD and local TLCA members of Yankee Toys members to ask for help and as always they responded with that they would help.
so... its off to LandTank's at 8am...
Things you will NEED if you are doing this install...
- A table vice to press bushings into the shocks and control arms
- lots of PB Blaster on the shock boltes in the rear, top and bottom
- a brass drift to align control arms and panhards and bang off a few fiesty parts
- a grinding wheel to cut/grind the front control arm brackets
- someone to weld the front of the castor plates
- TIME
in the end, everything fit well, if i had not messed up by putting the wrong sleeves in the panhards we would have saved 2 hours. my bad. the moral of this long ass story is MUD is great, its members are great and for this one guy, the install was an amazing process...
guess what? i got in to drive 1 hr home and it rode great. no odd vibrations, no weird pulling, no strange noises, no driveline issues... next is was off to another MUD member to have him weld the castor plates for me... such a great community!
the only issue was that the wheel is turned about 50 degress to the right when driving straight. how do i fix this