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Old 09-01-2007, 08:48 PM   #1
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HELP! Problem with rear leaf conversion kit?

HELP! I ordered this kit from CPP:
http://www.classicperform.com/Store/...ks/5559RLK.htm

We have the brackets on the driver's side, and went to test fit the spring before drilling the rest of the holes... and the spring is WAY too short. Did we do something wrong? Did they send us the wrong parts? Is it my truck that's the problem????




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Old 09-01-2007, 08:55 PM   #2
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Re: HELP! Problem with rear leaf conversion kit?

I haven't installed that kit before but........try taking the front perch and moving it to the other side........use the notch in the plate and put it over the rear "stamping" on the frame..........looks like it might give you the spacing you need,,,,
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Old 09-01-2007, 09:17 PM   #3
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Re: HELP! Problem with rear leaf conversion kit?

We thought to try that, but if you do you lose the ability to "reuse" the top holes from the original mount. All the instructions --- the crappy ones that come with the kit and the magazine article installing it --- specifically say "reuse" the top two holes on each bracket...
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Old 09-03-2007, 01:01 AM   #4
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Re: HELP! Problem with rear leaf conversion kit?

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Old 09-03-2007, 01:10 AM   #5
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Re: HELP! Problem with rear leaf conversion kit?

I would measure the length of the leaf and call the company and ask them how long the leaf should be and that you think they sold you the wrong one.
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Old 09-03-2007, 05:09 AM   #6
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Re: HELP! Problem with rear leaf conversion kit?

I think it is the wrong spring.
Your seem to be installed in the correct place,
but the middle of the spring is not even under
the place where the axle used to be.
I would call cpp.
Btw, the instructions that came with my IFS,
where as good as yours ....
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Old 09-03-2007, 12:32 PM   #7
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Re: HELP! Problem with rear leaf conversion kit?

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I think it is the wrong spring.
Your seem to be installed in the correct place,
but the middle of the spring is not even under
the place where the axle used to be.
I would call cpp.
Btw, the instructions that came with my IFS,
where as good as yours ....
I second the motion, they must have sent you the wrong spring.
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Old 09-03-2007, 01:55 PM   #8
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Re: HELP! Problem with rear leaf conversion kit?

Looks like you have your brackets swapped over from the CPP tech sheet page:

http://www.classicperform.com/tech_a...ipYourRear.htm

Look closely at pictures 14 and 15.
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Old 09-03-2007, 02:15 PM   #9
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Good eye robin58, I enlarged the pictures and they are on the wring sides. The bracket cut out goes over the rearward out dent on the frame not the front out dent in the frame. The fatter part of the bracket should be directly under the ebrake cable bracket with the thinner part facing toward the back of the frame. Picture eleven shows it if you can blow it up.
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Old 09-03-2007, 05:14 PM   #10
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Re: HELP! Problem with rear leaf conversion kit?

God bless y'all. You have added years to me life I thought taken from me. Wow. My faith in classic trucks is restored.

THANK YOU.
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Old 09-03-2007, 06:25 PM   #11
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Good eye robin58, I enlarged the pictures and they are on the wring sides. The bracket cut out goes over the rearward out dent on the frame not the front out dent in the frame. The fatter part of the bracket should be directly under the ebrake cable bracket with the thinner part facing toward the back of the frame. Picture eleven shows it if you can blow it up.
That is what I was trying to tell ya in the first post..................
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Old 09-03-2007, 06:28 PM   #12
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Re: HELP! Problem with rear leaf conversion kit?

I am as dense as a 2x4. Thanks, prostreeter. We're back on track (whatever that is).
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Old 09-03-2007, 07:02 PM   #13
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I am as dense as a 2x4. Thanks, prostreeter. We're back on track (whatever that is).
glad you got her goin again............................
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Old 09-03-2007, 11:34 PM   #14
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That is what I was trying to tell ya in the first post..................
Missed your post on that
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Old 09-04-2007, 02:21 AM   #15
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Re: HELP! Problem with rear leaf conversion kit?

Installation could have been so easy and boring.
A big thank you to the manufacturers for their
thrilling installation guides......
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Just think of all the beer you wouldn't have consumed if the installation had gone smoothly
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I haven`t seen it from this point of view.......
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Old 09-04-2007, 12:22 PM   #18
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Old 09-05-2007, 02:43 AM   #19
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Re: HELP! Problem with rear leaf conversion kit?

Dos this kit ride on top of the housing like stock or under it like a "flip kit" set up? If it rides on top, would the truck be too low if you "fliped it"?
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