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Old 05-14-2012, 09:44 PM   #1
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Flip kit is pissing me off

So I put my truck in gear and I hear a loud bang. Basicly long story short. The u brackets in my flip kit aren't long enough and the axle is rotating around and the leaf perches and u bracket BANG together

Anybody else have this happen to them?
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Old 05-15-2012, 04:03 AM   #2
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Re: Flip kit is pissing me off

Where did you get your flip kit from?
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Old 05-15-2012, 09:05 AM   #3
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you didnt weld them to the axle?
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Old 05-15-2012, 09:13 AM   #4
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Re: Flip kit is pissing me off

better to b pissed off rather than pissed on
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Old 05-15-2012, 10:23 AM   #5
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better to b pissed off rather than pissed on
haha, the other day i peed all over my dash by axident.....
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Old 05-15-2012, 12:51 PM   #6
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Where did you get your flip kit from?
It's from djm.

I got it so I didn't have to do welding. Since I will be swapping out rear components in the future
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Old 05-16-2012, 05:34 AM   #7
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So I put my truck in gear and I hear a loud bang. Basicly long story short. The u brackets in my flip kit aren't long enough and the axle is rotating around and the leaf perches and u bracket BANG together

Anybody else have this happen to them?
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My flip kit brackets actually held the axle up off the spring just a hair. I don't remember if they were DJM or Western though. I can't imagine that the brackets would vary that much however. Maybe the spring perches are not OEM? Bent or dimpled somehow?
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Old 05-16-2012, 12:59 PM   #8
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These are complete original pads. I think djm bent it up short
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Old 05-16-2012, 01:23 PM   #9
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Re: Flip kit is pissing me off

Is there any way you can post up some pictures?
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Old 05-16-2012, 01:29 PM   #10
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Is there any way you can post up some pictures?
Agreed,will help us better figure out what is going on.
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Old 05-16-2012, 05:15 PM   #11
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Re: Flip kit is pissing me off

It's hard to get a pick in there but basicly the axle tube is sitting on the u bracket and the flip bracket has about two tenths of space between it and the spring pad
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