flip kit gone way wrong!!! need help!! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

69face · 05-10-2008, 07:56 AM

i flipped a 1976 chevy 1/2 ton truck over the leafs and i can't figure out why the drivers side shock won't stop bottoming out. i used the stock shocks at first and then i when and measured and got a shorter shock. the passenger side is just fine. i think it's because of the way the original shock locations are. i have the 1/2 ton 5 leaf pac i believe. will drop shocks work or will i end up in the same spot? please give me feedback toward a remedy? thanks in advance.

still love my chevy even though it rides like a brick.

**lolife99** · 05-10-2008, 01:19 PM

Please post a picture to help us understand. Also,... did you remove the factory bumpstop and metal frame bracket?

SCOTI · 05-10-2008, 04:36 PM

Pics would help. Did your flip kit come w/some shock extenders?

69face · 05-11-2008, 05:48 AM

i got the shock extenders today and will be removing the bump stops and puttinh the djm bump stops in. i think those are the major issue( or at least i hope, because i've never heard of any problems like this one. i'll post pics before and after i install( hopefully after all is cured)

69face · 05-12-2008, 02:11 AM

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Mr79C10 · 05-12-2008, 11:48 AM

Nice work man,,,,
How well did you "enjoy" removing those OE bump stops?

69face · 05-13-2008, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr79C10

Nice work man,,,,
How well did you "enjoy" removing those OE bump stops?

it was easy. i didnt have a problem at all. i just heated the rivets with a torch until they were cherry red and then used a impact chisel to knock them off. after that i used an impact punch to knock them out. it took less than 5 minutes per bump stop. organization makes it go smoothly. they came off so clean

69face · 05-16-2008, 12:40 AM

i guess i wont be waiting on 2 inch spindles since they don't make them. why dont they make them? i guess i have to go 2.5 spindles. 1/2 inch lower isn't going to hurt anything but the ants!

scotts62 · 05-16-2008, 12:51 AM

Nope slam it!! Looks good man

05-10-2008, 07:56 AM	#1
69face Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: northridge Posts: 534	flip kit gone way wrong!!! need help!! i flipped a 1976 chevy 1/2 ton truck over the leafs and i can't figure out why the drivers side shock won't stop bottoming out. i used the stock shocks at first and then i when and measured and got a shorter shock. the passenger side is just fine. i think it's because of the way the original shock locations are. i have the 1/2 ton 5 leaf pac i believe. will drop shocks work or will i end up in the same spot? please give me feedback toward a remedy? thanks in advance. still love my chevy even though it rides like a brick. __________________ ""A bagged vehicle is only as good as it's wheel/tire combo!" -getlowness! my build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=223747:metal: I'M SO SO CAL!

05-10-2008, 01:19 PM	#2
lolife99 67-72 parts collector,… Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 22,691	Re: flip kit gone way wrong!!! need help!! Please post a picture to help us understand. Also,... did you remove the factory bumpstop and metal frame bracket? __________________ Keith Convert to disc brakes. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823

05-10-2008, 04:36 PM	#3
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 21,943	Re: flip kit gone way wrong!!! need help!! Pics would help. Did your flip kit come w/some shock extenders? __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*

05-11-2008, 05:48 AM	#4
69face Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: northridge Posts: 534	Re: flip kit gone way wrong!!! need help!! i got the shock extenders today and will be removing the bump stops and puttinh the djm bump stops in. i think those are the major issue( or at least i hope, because i've never heard of any problems like this one. i'll post pics before and after i install( hopefully after all is cured) __________________ ""A bagged vehicle is only as good as it's wheel/tire combo!" -getlowness! my build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=223747:metal: I'M SO SO CAL!

05-12-2008, 02:11 AM	#5
69face Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: northridge Posts: 534	Re: flip kit gone way wrong!!! need help!! __________________ ""A bagged vehicle is only as good as it's wheel/tire combo!" -getlowness! my build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=223747:metal: I'M SO SO CAL!

05-12-2008, 02:13 AM	#6
69face Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: northridge Posts: 534	Re: flip kit gone way wrong!!! need help!! __________________ ""A bagged vehicle is only as good as it's wheel/tire combo!" -getlowness! my build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=223747:metal: I'M SO SO CAL!

05-12-2008, 11:48 AM	#7
Mr79C10 It Is What It Is,,,, Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Gun Shine StateFlorida* Posts: 1,765	Re: flip kit gone way wrong!!! need help!! Nice work man,,,, How well did you "enjoy" removing those OE bump stops? __________________ 79 C10 Short Box ST8 6 bang'r Lowered w/ 3" Control arms, 2" Lower Coils and 4" shackles and hangers W/ FLIP KIT __--__* 79 C-10 project* .........................__ ..............._____ l __\___ ..............\|_(O)_ \|___(O) ] FAQ INDEX Thread The Kulture My Rat Den

05-16-2008, 12:40 AM	#9
69face Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: northridge Posts: 534	Re: flip kit gone way wrong!!! need help!! i guess i wont be waiting on 2 inch spindles since they don't make them. why dont they make them? i guess i have to go 2.5 spindles. 1/2 inch lower isn't going to hurt anything but the ants! __________________ ""A bagged vehicle is only as good as it's wheel/tire combo!" -getlowness! my build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=223747:metal: I'M SO SO CAL!

05-16-2008, 12:51 AM	#10
scotts62 One day... Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tuttle, Ok Posts: 9,240	Re: flip kit gone way wrong!!! need help!! Nope slam it!! Looks good man __________________ Scott 93 crew cab build Project 62



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