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Originally Posted by afgunn
smokin24valve,
Great pictures! Thanks a lot, very helpful. Did you leave the skyjacker lift in when you put in the 1500 springs? Seems that the front would drop too much when you put in that 1100 lb. cummins!? Did you buy new front springs or get them used? In the rear, did you pull out the overload leaf?
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The lift that was on my truck was a taller coil spring not the spacer, so its just the 1500 springs.
I put the block back in just to see how it was going to sit and it only dropped the front less than 1".
I bought the 1500 springs used for $20.
The overload leaf pack does not affect the ride height, there are 3 leafs in the main pack and one leaf under that. I will probably put "add a leaf" back in to help level it up.
The rear drive shaft in going to have to be shortened though. Not sure about the front drive shaft because I was waiting to get the engine back in first, but I doubt it will have to be shortened, because if anything the axle sits a little further forward than it did with the lift.
Here is a picture of how it sits with out the "add a leaf", the front sits a couple of inches higher than the rear.
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James
96 1500 RCSB 4x4 12v in the works
Last edited by smokin24valve : 07-03-2009 at 12:43 PM.