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kevinr1970 · 04-18-2010, 08:44 PM

I bought a set of lowering springs and flip brackets from a guy a few years ago. I am just now getting a chance to instal them and have some questions.

On the brackets, the hole that clears the "pin" on the leaf springs is off-set to one side. I thought maybe there was a reason for this like maybe it is to account for the "pin" being farther back once the axle is on top of the spring pack.
But even is that is the case, the plate that the u-bolts pass through is still centered. So it won't tighten down all the way.

Am I doing something wrong or are these brackets for a different application or just made wrong???

04-18-2010, 08:44 PM	#1
kevinr1970 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 2,316	Flip-kit bracket question I bought a set of lowering springs and flip brackets from a guy a few years ago. I am just now getting a chance to instal them and have some questions. On the brackets, the hole that clears the "pin" on the leaf springs is off-set to one side. I thought maybe there was a reason for this like maybe it is to account for the "pin" being farther back once the axle is on top of the spring pack. But even is that is the case, the plate that the u-bolts pass through is still centered. So it won't tighten down all the way. Am I doing something wrong or are these brackets for a different application or just made wrong??? Attached Images __________________ 2009 Honda Fit CfC (bsf 44.9 mpg) 2000 Tahoe Limited 1991 GMC CrewCab Dually 2wd, will end up swb, not dually and replace CCswb below 1991 GMC CrewCab Dually 4x4, just going to fix things up for now 1982/1989 K5/GMC Jimmy 2wd 1987 GMC 1/2 ton swb 2wd Crew (sold)



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