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03-12-2010, 09:38 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Templeton Massachusetts
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Lift question. please help!
I just bought a 1980 k10 4x4. i also bought i 4" lift but the lift springs for the front are 2 1/2" wide and the stock leaf springs are over 3" wide. I've never lifted a truck before so i'm scrambling trying to figure this out. did i buy the wrong springs or what? thanks
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03-12-2010, 10:55 AM
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Location: Modesto, CA
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Re: Lift question. please help!
What is brand of lift is it? I would call them and crosscheck the part numbers...
 
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03-12-2010, 02:35 PM
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Re: Lift question. please help!
i wish i knew. i bought it used.
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03-23-2010, 04:57 PM
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Location: Lake Winola, PA
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Re: Lift question. please help!
i just had that problem yesterday when i was installing a 6" skyjacker lift on my 69 k10. it was only on the front shackle of the rear springs so i just made a steel spacer to put in between the shackle and spring. i dont know if it was the right way to do it but it looks like it should work just fine although i wont be able to realy tell untill i finish the build
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03-23-2010, 05:08 PM
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Location: Central PA
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Re: Lift question. please help!
3" in the middle or the eye of the spring? If it slops around in the spring hangar then you are going to have to ditch them or make a spacer i guess. Sounds like you got the wrong years. Check the length too...
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03-23-2010, 11:28 PM
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Location: arroyo grande, ca
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Re: Lift question. please help!
Depends if you have the correct bushings. They should have 0.25" thickness on each side if they do. I would be more worried about spring length, they were different in the 72 and older. See if you have the correct bushings to make up the spring width difference. I have National springs and they are 2.5 wide and they came with bushings that are quarter inch wide on each side. Hope this helps.
James
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03-24-2010, 12:44 AM
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Re: Lift question. please help!
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