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Old 11-22-2010 | 11:34 PM
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Whats going on guys? I am planning on doing a 3/6 drop on my rig over this holiday weekend. I already have a 2/4 drop, spindles up front and shackles and hagers out back. I have the stock shackles and hangers to put back on. Doin 1" drop springs up front, flip kit, and c notch out back. Got any tips and tricks for me? I know to drill holes on the intersections on the notch so it wont crack but got any other tips. Never done a lowering kit before.

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righty tighty lefty loosey. pretty much all the advice anyone can give
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Disconnect the brake lines and e-brake cables and slide the rear diff over, then drop the driver side spring down. Slide the diff back over the spring and raise it all back up. The problem is trying to get to the damn front spring bolt on the driver side. You have to drop the tank to pull the bolt. So rather than wrestle a full tank of fuel I did it that way.
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Ya whatever jew lol, Looking to see if anyone has ancient secrets haha
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post pic is all i can say
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Originally Posted by Bigredmariner
Disconnect the brake lines and e-brake cables and slide the rear diff over, then drop the driver side spring down. Slide the diff back over the spring and raise it all back up. The problem is trying to get to the damn front spring bolt on the driver side. You have to drop the tank to pull the bolt. So rather than wrestle a full tank of fuel I did it that way.
i didnt do any of that. and with the driver side all you need is a extra long wrenche and some strenght and bam done stamp
Old 11-23-2010 | 12:03 AM
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Get before and after pics!
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i didnt do any of that. and with the driver side all you need is a extra long wrenche and some strenght and bam done stamp
Ha. I had all the strength I needed but that front bolt on my spring was not coming out far enough without either cutting it or dropping the tank. Believe me I tried.
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Originally Posted by Bigredmariner
Ha. I had all the strength I needed but that front bolt on my spring was not coming out far enough without either cutting it or dropping the tank. Believe me I tried.
i feel ya man. ive done some that are super easy and some trucks wanna fight the whole time
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Thanks for the tips so far guys, And I will be posting before and after pics..

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