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04-28-2010, 08:24 PM
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has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
Ok PO which was wifes stepfather lowered the truck old school.... the back he took out some leaf springs..... The front has got me totally confussed... i have pics of what I'm talking about but just don't look right.... take a look at these pics and if you can explain why this was done..........
this is the passenger side where the upper a-arm look at the rubber spacers?? driverside samething why was this done!!!!!
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04-28-2010, 08:39 PM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
the shims is that what your talking about...? the shims are added and removed for caster camber adjustments, they had to put an ass load of shim because it had negative camber.
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04-28-2010, 08:40 PM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
oh and i'm pretty sure their metal shims
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04-28-2010, 08:52 PM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
 They have nothing to do with the drop on the front other than re-aligning the front end, Looks like you will need to replace the upper control arm bushings soon too.
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04-28-2010, 09:00 PM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
alot needs replacing but all the trucks i seen did not have this done... i think the way it was lowered has something to do with this it's crazy looking
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04-28-2010, 09:03 PM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
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That's exactly right, When springs are cut or drop springs installed more shims are required to get the tires straight again.
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04-28-2010, 09:52 PM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
Thats why I stretched my upper a arms. It would have taken 1 3\16 worth of shims to get the camber close.
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04-28-2010, 10:11 PM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
The 77 short bed I have has a Mr. Gasket part that they used back in theday . It bolts on where those shims are and extends the a-arm outward . The original owner lowered it in the late 70's when there were no spindles. He said they made that piece to fix the upper a-arms on lowered trucks . He also flipped the rear and added helper springs to keep it from bottoming out . Pretty cutting edge for the time it was modified.
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04-28-2010, 10:11 PM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
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The only thing that looks off to me is that they appear to be body shims instead of alignment shims. This is my stock 91 Suburban, not lowered:
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04-29-2010, 09:44 AM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
Looks exactly like whats on my stepside...it was lowered with drop springs in the front and lowering shackles out back.
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04-29-2010, 10:03 AM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
I am going to guess that it rode like a brick. What puzzles me is the fenderliner cut out.
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04-29-2010, 10:44 AM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
What puzzles me is the fenderliner cut out.
that is what i first saw too ??? |
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04-29-2010, 11:29 AM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
Mine's also shimmed. It's normal...
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04-29-2010, 03:15 PM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
i don't know i need to put it back to stock height and start over and do it the right way
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04-29-2010, 03:34 PM
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Re: has anyone ever seen this done!!!!
My 82 with HD Coils (not lowered) was the same way..
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