All right, I got a little bit done this weekend. I pulled the factory 12 bolt out from under the rear of the Blazer and the factory leaf springs too. I was about to start on installing the new Tahoe leaf springs and the
new 12 bolt back under but ran into an issue I need clarification on. The Tahoe springs are about an 1"-1 1/2" longer, from spring eye to spring eye, than the stock springs. Is this going to cause me problems?
The bolt that holds the leafs together and locates the spring perch and flip bracket is also that much further back, but I figured I could just drill an new hole in the flip bracket in the center and that would fix the rearend location issue...right? I have kind of come to a stand still until I know if this is going to work.
I also figured out why the rear brakes smoked when used a lot
, it has a fubared axle seal, but I can fix that. This rearend is going to end up under the 'Burb.