New Lift kit Rear 2 in higher
 

Bought a new skyjacker soft ride 4 inch lift. I was hoping to actually be lowering the truck. PO had a hard riding lift kit with blocks he told me was a 6 in lift. Wrong a 4 inch. So the new kit has it a little higher overall. And the rear sits noticeably higher. Can I pull some leafs to level and lower, If so which ones. Middle or the bottom.
Thanks

Re: New Lift kit Rear 2 in higher
 

I put a skyjacker 6" on mine and over the years pulled leaves to lower and soften suspension. I'm not sure how it will effect towing, but it will lower your truck and soften it up. I started will the shortest leaves first.

Re: New Lift kit Rear 2 in higher
 

Thanks for the reply
In the rear did you remove the little wedge at the bottom of the springs. The thicker shorter leaf. One or both or neither. Is the little wedge piece important.
Thanks again

Re: New Lift kit Rear 2 in higher
 

The wedge shaped shim is to help your driveshaft angle. The output yoke on the T case and the input yoke on the diff need to be as close to the same angle as possible. The diff can be pointed down a little because it will climb upwards under acceleration.

As for the leaves, I started with the shortest and went from there.

Re: New Lift kit Rear 2 in higher
 

Stupid question, but have you looked returning the new rear springs and using the credit to buy some 4" springs? Removing leaves from spring packs is a short term fix, as the remaining leaves will wear out and begin sagging sooner, especially if you occaisonally carry moderately heavy loads from time to time.

Re: New Lift kit Rear 2 in higher
 

cleszkie:
Not a stupid question. I bought the lift kit almost a year a go and got busy never having the time. Based on what the PO had told me it was a 6 inch lift. Also based on some of the measurements others had giving me to try and figure out how high it would be everything said 6in therefore I went 4in. I actually wanted to lower the whole truck a little. If it was level and rode good I would just live with it. But its out of level so I want to lower it down especially since my teen aged daughter will drive it some.