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Originally Posted by 71Farmtruck
Get yourself some drop hangars and shackles as well, they are hell to install but are way better than messing with your leaf springs
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Huh, oh yeah I was talking about mesuring the front coil springs that were on my truck, but I did move the hangers, and did shackles, and removed two
springs, which was very hard compaired to doing a flip kit IMO.
I kick myself now for not doing a flip kit and saving myself the trouble of
grinding off all the rivet heads, and then drilling the rivets, then prying the
hangers off of the rivets/frame, then centering on the marks and welding.
Installing the shackles was not that bad, but removing those two leafs from
the spring pack was a workout.
Maybe the only drawback from a flip kit is you will have to grind off the
bump-stop bracket, four rivets I think.
But anyway there must be something that makes a Big 10 higher than a normal 1/2 ton. Could only be springs or spindles.
I asked my neighbor to dig those spindles out, but I think he was too tired.
He works night shift a Target and I think over 40 hours this week allready.
I gave those old parts to him to scrap, but he put them up someplace insted.
He's a Chevy head himself.
