6-8 inch lift?

[K5dreamer]

not sure where to get the springs, i know they are the stock rear springs from the blazers.

look at the technical articles section of ck5, there is an article there about a 4in lift using the 52in springs. it involves alot of labor, but not alot of cost, cutting off rivits and moving spring mounts and whatnot. shouldnt be difficult with an angle grinder and cutoff wheels.

 

[chvymudin3388]

Well I wanna go wth a 6...so.. 52s won't do...

 

[K5dreamer]

52s and longer shackles is what i said. 52s and stock shackles is 4in lift. longer shackles would give the added 2in of lift.

 

[chvymudin3388]

Yea but if I do that my driveshaft angle would be ****ty...which I could put wedges...

 

[Fabrimacator21]

Is your driveshaft teloscopic? If so you should be fine.... no lengthening or wedges needed. I never noticed any sort of vibration at 55 in 4 HI and like I said I never touched the front driveshaft.

 

[chvymudin3388]

...Aight ill look into it... Lol if you say you did exactly that with out issues then ok...lol

 

[Fabrimacator21]

...Aight ill look into it... Lol if you say you did exactly that with out issues then ok...lol

Just to clarify I'm talking about the front d shaft. No vibs at 55 and no issues thus far. Also that was with no rear drive shaft in front wheel drive.


I don't understand why thats hard to believe.



BUT I will say this... I bought the rig with a 6" already on it. The rear was WAY short and felt like it was gonna shake apart on the freeway (and eventually did, thus the 55 mph in front wheel drive with the rear shaft in the bed). I had it lengthened and all was good. I cannot say for sure that the front d shaft was never touched but I can tell you that the front diff is not rotated up. Is your front shaft teloscopic?

 

[chvymudin3388]

Yea its a telescopic...and I know my old 4 inch on my 87 lowered the back of the transfer and all with spacers where the crossmember bolts to the frame..I don't know if your sixer came with the same

 

[Fabrimacator21]

yup.

 

[chvymudin3388]

Damn I hope I don't run into the same trouble... Ill figure sumthn out..you know..come to think about it...being that I'm doing a shackle flip...it pushes the spring down with the same front mounting point so it moves the axle forward a tad...so I shouldn't have a problem with it compared to a 6 inch rear spring or block