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da-burb · 03-24-2003, 12:27 AM

Well I got to see Chris H on Saturday as he happened to be in the neighborhood and delivered the 4" lift Tuff country spring set he had. Everything looked nice. I waited until today to start the install. I had a little too much german beer at the Bayrischer Hoff that afternoon. Darn good stuff and carries a big kick to it too!

anyway, there isn't anything fun about changing out springs. The smell of burning rubber and burning hair is a combination I will not soon forget. All I can say is, there had better not be some real easy way to do this and I was too stupid to figure it out. I pretty much burned the rubber out of the way and then torched the bolts on each side of the spring to get the old ones out. Tomorrows task is to find 2 ea of 9/16"x4-1/2 and x5" bolts to finish installing the rear springs. The local hardware stores only carry grade 8 up to 4" long and absolutely nothing in the lower grades in 9/16".

Mudder · 03-24-2003, 01:47 AM

Sounds like you found the easy way!

BTW did you get the brackets to move your front brake lines? They can be made really easy.

da-burb · 03-24-2003, 09:32 AM

Yes, the brackets are there. Very simple to make if you had to. The only thing missing are the darn 9/16" bolts that I need.

03-24-2003, 12:27 AM	#1
da-burb "Ochre Ogre" Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Springfield, MN Posts: 3,558	Tuff Country springs install Well I got to see Chris H on Saturday as he happened to be in the neighborhood and delivered the 4" lift Tuff country spring set he had. Everything looked nice. I waited until today to start the install. I had a little too much german beer at the Bayrischer Hoff that afternoon. Darn good stuff and carries a big kick to it too! anyway, there isn't anything fun about changing out springs. The smell of burning rubber and burning hair is a combination I will not soon forget. All I can say is, there had better not be some real easy way to do this and I was too stupid to figure it out. I pretty much burned the rubber out of the way and then torched the bolts on each side of the spring to get the old ones out. Tomorrows task is to find 2 ea of 9/16"x4-1/2 and x5" bolts to finish installing the rear springs. The local hardware stores only carry grade 8 up to 4" long and absolutely nothing in the lower grades in 9/16". __________________ Bowtie Truck Stop Inc. Mid-West GM Truck Restoration Parts Supplier Your Key Parts, Auto Metal Direct, Dynacorn, and Goodmark dealer. like us @ www.facebook.com/BowtieTruckStop 1971 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1971 K-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 K-20 Suburban (Yellow- that just aint right!) Springfield, Minnesota 56087

03-24-2003, 01:47 AM	#2
Mudder Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: East Central, MO Posts: 11,336	Sounds like you found the easy way! BTW did you get the brackets to move your front brake lines? They can be made really easy. Last edited by Mudder; 03-24-2003 at 01:49 AM.

03-24-2003, 09:32 AM	#3
da-burb "Ochre Ogre" Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Springfield, MN Posts: 3,558	Yes, the brackets are there. Very simple to make if you had to. The only thing missing are the darn 9/16" bolts that I need. __________________ Bowtie Truck Stop Inc. Mid-West GM Truck Restoration Parts Supplier Your Key Parts, Auto Metal Direct, Dynacorn, and Goodmark dealer. like us @ www.facebook.com/BowtieTruckStop 1971 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1971 K-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 K-20 Suburban (Yellow- that just aint right!) Springfield, Minnesota 56087



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