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New 6” Lift Installed on My Crew Cab (PICS Inside)

looks great! and i like the way you got the kc lights in the grill also could you post a close up of that for me i would like to see how you got them mounted.


Dudley
 
old school crew cabs are just plain bad ass! I hate you, wish mine was back together :D j/k super clean rig man. :bow: :bow: :bow:
 
nvrenuf said:
Agreed, they are the same as my crew cab. The only difference from mine is the absence of the top overload spring (I'm pretty sure that was optional). :dunno:
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Mine has 10 springs but look a lot taller than that.
 
Dang... that's interesting. :thinking: Maybe it's a "V" series DRW vs SRW thing. :dunno:
 
Mine has 10 springs but look a lot taller than that.
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Sounds like a PO installed an Add-A-Leaf to it, which would make the lift on your truck 1" taller than you think it is, which is why it looks taller.
 
i would like to see how you got them mounted.
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The lights where done by a PO. Apparently they cut out one section of the front grill, then mounted to the underside of the radiator support.
 
Looks awesome! I've been pushing hard to get my crew cab back on wheels. Was at the shop last night till a little after midnight wrenching on it. Maybe I can post some pictures tonight sometime! Love the older crew cabs. Keep up the good work.

On the rivits, you can use a torch to remove 100% of the rivit head without hurting the frame. Heat the tip of the rivit and then start washing it off deeper and deeper towards the frame with the torch head parallel(as possible) to the frame. As you get closer to the frame slide the torch away just a little bit. You'll get to where the rivit is the only thing hot enough to melt and just blows away. It takes some practice but once you get it its pretty fast.

You can buy torch tips specific for this task that allow you to get the flame more parallel with the truck frame. I haven't bougth one yet but may in the future. Just to have the right tool for the job.
 
1-Ton, could you do me a favor?


Tell me the measurement of the offset of that shackle flip bracket. I mean the from the outside of the frame to the inside of the drop hanger.

I have a set of flip brackets off a K5 that I'd like to use on my '86 CC. But not sure if the spring packs will line up.
 
looks great! :saweet: one day i will have me a CC one day there so awsome!

hey what you doing with the old 4" springs?:D

dave
 
Looks awesome! I've been pushing hard to get my crew cab back on wheels. Was at the shop last night till a little after midnight wrenching on it. Maybe I can post some pictures tonight sometime! Love the older crew cabs. Keep up the good work.
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It must be tough to find the time, and motivation to work on your own vehicles. After working all day, doing stuff for other peoples rigs, you must feel kind of burned out on working on more trucks for yourself. I know when I turned wrenches for a living (I am still a mechnic, but I do it on slot machines) I was too burned out many times to work on my own vehicles by the end of the week. But I geuss you could consider your trucks "work related" because you can use them to showcase your work.

On the rivits, you can use a torch to remove 100% of the rivit head without hurting the frame. Heat the tip of the rivit and then start washing it off deeper and deeper towards the frame with the torch head parallel(as possible) to the frame. As you get closer to the frame slide the torch away just a little bit. You'll get to where the rivit is the only thing hot enough to melt and just blows away. It takes some practice but once you get it its pretty fast.

You can buy torch tips specific for this task that allow you to get the flame more parallel with the truck frame. I haven't bougth one yet but may in the future. Just to have the right tool for the job.
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The first thing I tried was to torch them off, but the rivets where made of such high grade steel, compared to the spring hanger brackets and frame, that the brackets and frame started to heat up and burn away before the rivets did. The Flame Cutting torch I have is a general purpose torch.
 
1-Ton, could you do me a favor?


Tell me the measurement of the offset of that shackle flip bracket. I mean the from the outside of the frame to the inside of the drop hanger.

I have a set of flip brackets off a K5 that I'd like to use on my '86 CC. But not sure if the spring packs will line up.
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I got a measurment of approxamtly 2". Hope that helps.
 
hey what you doing with the old 4" springs?
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I am thinking of putting them under my 1985 K30 Dually. They are actually a set of SuperLift 3" springs, with an ORD Zero Rate under them.
 
The last detail I need to take care of is...I need to add a washer or two to the the left steering knuckle, with the 3" raised steering block, in order for the king pin bushing spring to have enough pre-load, which should fix the small amount of death wobble I am getting on that side.
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Well, I just got finished installing the washer I needed to shim up the left side king pin bushing spring, and it rides a hell of a lot better. Whith the higher spring pre-load, the king pin bushing is not dancing all over the king pin now. I installed one regular 5/8 flat washer, which has a 2" Outer Diameter (OD), and is the same thickness of about two fender washers with the same OD. I am going to have to get used to the soft ride it has know. It kind of freaks me out because I was so used to the harsh ride it use to have. One chararistic the truck has now is the Tuff Country front springs are so flexy, that when I hit a really big bump, the springs flex, and the stock style steering drag link is acting like a Pan-Hard sway bar on the front suspension, and I can feel it in the steering wheel. It is not real bad, but I will have to get used to it. I wonder if going to cross-over steering would eliminate that?
 
1-ton said:
It must be tough to find the time, and motivation to work on your own vehicles. After working all day, doing stuff for other peoples rigs, you must feel kind of burned out on working on more trucks for yourself. I know when I turned wrenches for a living (I am still a mechnic, but I do it on slot machines) I was too burned out many times to work on my own vehicles by the end of the week. But I geuss you could consider your trucks "work related" because you can use them to showcase your work.
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Actually I find it quite the opposite for me. I do make quite a few parts over the course of the week and depending on the workload I spend the weekend working on stuff to try and stay ahead. When I do have time to work on mine its so much the better. Looking at it everyday and sometimes not being able to get at it bugs me. Once in a while I'll spend a Friday night all Saturday and Sunday on it. Like this past weekend. Feels damn good to make some progress and keeps me on my toes!
 
nvrenuf said:
Agreed, they are the same as my crew cab. The only difference from mine is the absence of the top overload spring (I'm pretty sure that was optional). :dunno:

Edit: Chris, the truck looks really good! I agree with 36's, I think they would look nice. I'm at about 50% on my BFG's right now, when it's time to buy again I think I'm going with the 36" PJ's.
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My rear leaf pack has 11 leaves,91 V3500 SRW?? with no overload.
 
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