Nice!! Did mine today, took about all day. The bottom bolt is absolutely stubborn on both sides. I didn’t drop the entire towe hitch , instead I took out all the bolts onto the side I was working on them loosened the opposite side so that it would drop enough to pull out the bottom bolt. I took off both wheels for more leverage. Also to get my top bolt out I cut the pinch weld with a grinder. Then softened it down with a grinding stone cuz I had to go about 1/4 inch more. Definitely need about 4 jack stands to be safe. Don’t play around boys safety first. God bless you all!
For anyone on here what would happen if you only removed the block between the axle and leaf spring and not use a shackle kit? would that not give you a drop as-well?
@jairotoda i took out the blocks and am running the original shocks with 115k miles and 6 years on them. They haven't given me any issues since I took the blocks out a month ago. I haven't hauled anything though. I do much prefer the ride and look and convenience of having the front at stock height with the rear block taken out versus having a spacer leveling kit in the front with the stock rear suspension. I'm running 17 inch wheels now with 265/70r17 Cooper Road+Trail and I love it. I did have the OEM 22 inch wheels with the predecessor to the road+trail which is the Discoverer AT3 4S. The tire was great, but the wheel significantly holds back the performance of a tire. Having more sidewall like I do with my 17 inch wheels means more tire flex for traction, and more sidewall which helps significantly with comfort on rough roads.
i like that its a how to video but that truck needs alot of work plus when hes talking to the camera u can see that the frames got a huge crack in it behind the axle its a nice truck but doing a mod like this to a truck thats unsafe to drive is scary to watch
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Nice!! Did mine today, took about all day. The bottom bolt is absolutely stubborn on both sides. I didn’t drop the entire towe hitch , instead I took out all the bolts onto the side I was working on them loosened the opposite side so that it would drop enough to pull out the bottom bolt.
I took off both wheels for more leverage.
Also to get my top bolt out I cut the pinch weld with a grinder. Then softened it down with a grinding stone cuz I had to go about 1/4 inch more. Definitely need about 4 jack stands to be safe. Don’t play around boys safety first. God bless you all!
Is there a pinion shim needed ?
would this effect the driveshaft?
If you’re not maxing it out, would you turn the shackle around to access the different holes for that top bolt?
would it be easier to removed the bed bolts so you can just lift the bed by an inch???
That’s what I did, didn’t wanna hammer on a brand new truck.
The rear is 3in dropped?
For anyone on here what would happen if you only removed the block between the axle and leaf spring and not use a shackle kit? would that not give you a drop as-well?
It would lower the rear by 1.25 inches.
How about the shocks ,
@jairotoda i took out the blocks and am running the original shocks with 115k miles and 6 years on them. They haven't given me any issues since I took the blocks out a month ago. I haven't hauled anything though. I do much prefer the ride and look and convenience of having the front at stock height with the rear block taken out versus having a spacer leveling kit in the front with the stock rear suspension. I'm running 17 inch wheels now with 265/70r17 Cooper Road+Trail and I love it. I did have the OEM 22 inch wheels with the predecessor to the road+trail which is the Discoverer AT3 4S. The tire was great, but the wheel significantly holds back the performance of a tire. Having more sidewall like I do with my 17 inch wheels means more tire flex for traction, and more sidewall which helps significantly with comfort on rough roads.
It looks like you removed the hitch, is this a step needed to get the bolt out?
Yeah you’ll want to take the hitch off to get access.
Yup i wasnt aware of that step . Took a little longer but got it done.
What size tires?
Can you run airlift load lifter 5000 bags with drop shackles?
i like that its a how to video but that truck needs alot of work plus when hes talking to the camera u can see that the frames got a huge crack in it behind the axle its a nice truck but doing a mod like this to a truck thats unsafe to drive is scary to watch
Relax. Truck is for video purposes only 😂
Sooooo with the u bolt nuts is it a big problem if you don’t have the spacer??
Just need to get shorter U-bolts, wish i would jave though of using spacers tho. That's very smart and saves you money
Then you didn't bend that pinch weld out away for shit....