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BraveDave · 02-15-2003, 01:35 AM

I am installing 3" rear lowering springs and 2" lowering blocks in my '72 this weekend. I think I can figure it out, but is there some trick that I need to know before I get started? Thanks in advance!

Brave Dave

Hotrod70C10 · 02-15-2003, 05:23 AM

I would have to say get a can of wd-40 and an impact gun. The bolts that hold the spring cups on are hell to get off. I don't know about the blocks. Have you C-notched your frame? I've heard lowering more than 4 inches you need a C-notch. Hope this helps. Oh I would get a few spare bolts for the spring cups b/c I snapped one of mine.

*Gee_Emm* · 02-15-2003, 11:57 AM

You might want to pre soak all the bolts, the u bolts and the spring bolts and consider the posibilty that you may have to replace some of the bolts, check out the threads when you get them off.

moose · 02-15-2003, 02:32 PM

I did this last week and I use a some liquid wrench and lots of heat I think the heat worked the best and very large breaker bar. then its a b!tch to get the trailing arm lose from the axle I still haven't free the left side up yet. I'm installing 2in lowering blocks on mine hoping to get done tomorrow and or monday. Good lock with yours. Moose

BraveDave · 02-15-2003, 10:20 PM

DANG!!!!! I gave up. There's no way I could get those things loose. With considerable effort I managed to loosen one lower bolt (barely) but the uppers would have been impossible. I took the truck back up to the Firestone shop. They said they would charge about 2 hours shop time, so no big deal. Some things are better left to the pro's (and I use the term loosely). They didn't do the alignment right when they installed the front springs and spindles, so it would have had to go back to them anyway.

02-15-2003, 01:35 AM	#1
BraveDave Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Magnolia, Texas Posts: 336	Is there a trick to this? I am installing 3" rear lowering springs and 2" lowering blocks in my '72 this weekend. I think I can figure it out, but is there some trick that I need to know before I get started? Thanks in advance! Brave Dave __________________ '72 Chevy Cheyenne Super, '56 Chevy Bel Air,'56 Chevy Nomad, '61 Chevy Impala, '64 Cadillac Fleetwood, 1966 Thunderbird Convertible

02-15-2003, 05:23 AM	#2
Hotrod70C10 Low & Slow Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,047	I would have to say get a can of wd-40 and an impact gun. The bolts that hold the spring cups on are hell to get off. I don't know about the blocks. Have you C-notched your frame? I've heard lowering more than 4 inches you need a C-notch. Hope this helps. Oh I would get a few spare bolts for the spring cups b/c I snapped one of mine. __________________ 70' C-10 LWB Fleetside 4.5/6 drop

02-15-2003, 02:32 PM	#4
moose Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Omaha Nebraska Posts: 154	I did this last week and I use a some liquid wrench and lots of heat I think the heat worked the best and very large breaker bar. then its a b!tch to get the trailing arm lose from the axle I still haven't free the left side up yet. I'm installing 2in lowering blocks on mine hoping to get done tomorrow and or monday. Good lock with yours. Moose __________________ 69 C/10 swb coming along slow but sure 4 yr and counting Omaha Nebr 7I JIMMY 350 4speed daily driver/next prodject 99Yukon wifes

02-15-2003, 10:20 PM	#5
BraveDave Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Magnolia, Texas Posts: 336	DANG!!!!! I gave up. There's no way I could get those things loose. With considerable effort I managed to loosen one lower bolt (barely) but the uppers would have been impossible. I took the truck back up to the Firestone shop. They said they would charge about 2 hours shop time, so no big deal. Some things are better left to the pro's (and I use the term loosely). They didn't do the alignment right when they installed the front springs and spindles, so it would have had to go back to them anyway. __________________ '72 Chevy Cheyenne Super, '56 Chevy Bel Air,'56 Chevy Nomad, '61 Chevy Impala, '64 Cadillac Fleetwood, 1966 Thunderbird Convertible

02-15-2003, 11:57 AM	#3
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	You might want to pre soak all the bolts, the u bolts and the spring bolts and consider the posibilty that you may have to replace some of the bolts, check out the threads when you get them off.



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