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justpball · 09-15-2010, 12:18 PM

^LOL^ yea that will work. Nice looking truck bro! love steppers

HumbleChevyBuddy · 09-15-2010, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by justpball

^LOL^ yea that will work. Nice looking truck bro! love steppers

Thanks! Well, I've got some good news and bad news. The good news is I think I figured out exactly what the leaning issue is. The bad news is I feel like a moron not noticing it earlier. When I went under to check the mounts, I only checked the cab mounts. Had I check the core support body mounts I would have noticed the following...doh!!!!! Duh!!! That will make it lean alright! Even better news, my boys don't have baseball practice tonight, so I'm going to get going on it just after work.

I'll keep you all posted.

HumbleChevyBuddy · 09-15-2010, 10:24 PM

Ok, so as you all can see from the pic I posted above, there is no upper core support bushing. This explained my "gangsta lean". While I was removing the old bushing, it seems like the bolt and sleeve are stuck together. My question is this, does the bolt screw into that sleeve? Or is it just a metal sleeve like the ones that come in the new bushing kit? I tried hammering the bolt up and it would not budge....I even used a BFH. I even tried to use a jack to jack just the bolt up, but still nothing. It almost looks like the bolt, washer, and sleeve are all rusted together...or it could just be that it screws into it. I'm just not sure.

In the meantime, I put the new upper bushing in place to mock everything up. I also noticed something else while I was doing that. The center of the bushing does not fit perfectly into the hole on the frame bracket. I'm assuming it has to fit directly into the hole so it seats properly. The good thing is that after I mocked it up, I measured and we're about a 1/4" higher now on the passenger side than on the driver's side. But this might be because the bushing didn't "seat" properly into the frame bracket. I still haven't replaced the other bushings, just mocked up the passenger side core support mounts to see if this was my issue.

I'm wondering now if maybe the bolt being off-center may be causing the body not to be centered properly and possibly causing what appears to be a wheel spacing issue.

Can someone give me some advice and pointers on this? Also, do I have to remove the bumper to get to those core support bushing bolts?

I ran out of time and need to run over to the hardware store for some new bolts, so I'll have to finish this up over the weekend....dang

09-15-2010, 12:18 PM	#1
justpball Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Silverhill, Al Posts: 2,026	Re: Drop Spindle install issue...suggestions needed ^LOL^ yea that will work. Nice looking truck bro! love steppers __________________ Fuzzy Dice Club Member 87 Crew SWB Build for the crew http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=430082 http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3232925 90 burb 2wd Build Thread For The Burb! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=383055

09-15-2010, 10:24 PM	#3
HumbleChevyBuddy Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Humble, TX Posts: 184	Re: Drop Spindle install issue...suggestions needed Ok, so as you all can see from the pic I posted above, there is no upper core support bushing. This explained my "gangsta lean". While I was removing the old bushing, it seems like the bolt and sleeve are stuck together. My question is this, does the bolt screw into that sleeve? Or is it just a metal sleeve like the ones that come in the new bushing kit? I tried hammering the bolt up and it would not budge....I even used a BFH. I even tried to use a jack to jack just the bolt up, but still nothing. It almost looks like the bolt, washer, and sleeve are all rusted together...or it could just be that it screws into it. I'm just not sure. In the meantime, I put the new upper bushing in place to mock everything up. I also noticed something else while I was doing that. The center of the bushing does not fit perfectly into the hole on the frame bracket. I'm assuming it has to fit directly into the hole so it seats properly. The good thing is that after I mocked it up, I measured and we're about a 1/4" higher now on the passenger side than on the driver's side. But this might be because the bushing didn't "seat" properly into the frame bracket. I still haven't replaced the other bushings, just mocked up the passenger side core support mounts to see if this was my issue. I'm wondering now if maybe the bolt being off-center may be causing the body not to be centered properly and possibly causing what appears to be a wheel spacing issue. Can someone give me some advice and pointers on this? Also, do I have to remove the bumper to get to those core support bushing bolts? I ran out of time and need to run over to the hardware store for some new bolts, so I'll have to finish this up over the weekend....dang



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