Madness...

[Copasetic]

...is about to ensue.

I got all of that to fix this. See anything wrong here?

Damn aluminum shims.

Pay no attention to my custom brake line brackets.

Those were from the PO and I haven't taken the time to redo my brake lines in the rear. That's later.

I got the zero rates from JKW and the quality is top notch. The spring plates and u bolts came from Kert and are sexy as always. I had both sets of zero rates milled so I can get rid of my shims front and rear. Less to worry about IMO. I may try and get a little done at a time since I start nights tomorrow night. Maybe one corner a day. We'll see.

 

[irishraptor87]

yet another reason im glad i ditched my aluminum shims

they always seem to have a problem

 

[BGKYK5]

Yikes! that could have been much worse...

 

[shaun89]

i dont see anything wrong...i did the samething, one broke and one looked like it just corroded away.

 

[Copasetic]

Thing is, I just stumbled across that one day right before I bought my Silverado. I was just snooping around checking things out and was like "WTF?!?" Good thing nothing got messed up or worse.

 

[RaisedK5]

That happened to me one night, was walking down my street about 2:30am after getting off work and parking the truck, I go to cross the street and see something in the road. I think, "man that sucks, somebody lost half a spring shim................wait a minute" back to the truck and what do you know, ones gone the other was half gone, and i had been wheeling and driving the truck all weekend. No more shims for me.

 

[Copasetic]

Ahhhhh! All better now! Big thanks to JKW Off Road for the pimp milled 2"-6*milled zero rates. Also to Kert for the sexy u-bolts. I still have to install the 1"-6* milled zero rates in the front with new u-bolts and sexy spring plates from Kert. Dang I love new parts!!!

Again, don't mind my custom brake hose clamps and I know my axle seals are leaking. I have to get some speedi-sleeves and put on them.

 

[shaun89]

nice, what soft lines do u have? my 78 chevette ones are kinda long.

 

[Copasetic]

Those are from a Chevette, or so I was told. Don't know what year though. The PO of the axle did the brake lines. I need to redo them too. the hard lines are going to catch on something one day.

 

[YZEATER]

did you torque down the u-bolts? still looks like a gap between the spring and zero rate. looks like those springs are so stiff and not allowing it to go flat.

 

[Copasetic]

Decided while I was off to go ahead and git r done.

I fixed my driver's side front from sagging and she's now sitting an inch higher all the way around. I also moved my front axle forward 1.5". I took her out for a few miles came back and re-torqued everything. I'll do it again after I drive it to work and back Friday night. That reminds me, I need to buy a torque wrench.

These were taken before I did the test drive. The driver's side was still 1/2" lower than the passenger side but when I got back they were both dead level.

I also ended up with a better angle on the front u-joint.

Grade 8, 1/2" bolts with grade 8 nyloc nuts now.

That should hold me over until I can get my front shackles relocated and longer shackles.