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helper spring--get an old used coil from another vehicle, and jury rig it between your leaf and the frame. www.gearinstalls.com has a good write up about this, and it works well! Mine has that setup, cost me $40 for the coils from a suspension shop that lowers cars and trucks. Watch the spring rate though. To light, you gain nothing, to heavy, rides like a brick.
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I am actually looking to trade lifts with a friend I have a 7" and he has 3 and he wants to go higher but I want lower so we were thinking of trading only problem is I have an 83 4x4 he has a 84 4x4
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You can trade straight across, unless his springs (or yours) are longer than stock length. In other words, if both your springs use the stock spring mounts, then they are completely interchangeable.
Front springs have a left side and right side, typically, so don't mix those up. Rears are identical L + R.
Front springs have a left side and right side, typically, so don't mix those up. Rears are identical L + R.
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Only difference you may see is the rear spring forward spring eye and bushing being different between the two years. In '83 you had a 30mm ID eye and a bushing for an 18mm bolt. In '84 you have a 40mm ID eye and a bushing for a 14mm bolt:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...es.shtml#FAQ16
Could easily put in a set of new poly bushings and sleeve the one for 14mm and leave the other one at 18mm.
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...es.shtml#FAQ16
Could easily put in a set of new poly bushings and sleeve the one for 14mm and leave the other one at 18mm.
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You can trade straight across, unless his springs (or yours) are longer than stock length. In other words, if both your springs use the stock spring perches, then they are completely interchangeable.
Front springs have a left side and right side, typically, so don't mix those up. Rears are identical L + R.
Front springs have a left side and right side, typically, so don't mix those up. Rears are identical L + R.
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Only difference you may see is the rear spring forward spring eye and bushing being different between the two years. In '83 you had a 30mm ID eye and a bushing for an 18mm bolt. In '84 you have a 40mm ID eye and a bushing for a 14mm bolt:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...es.shtml#FAQ16
Could easily put in a set of new poly bushings and sleeve the one for 14mm and leave the other one at 18mm.
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...es.shtml#FAQ16
Could easily put in a set of new poly bushings and sleeve the one for 14mm and leave the other one at 18mm.
how hard is it to swap out bushings?
could I just pull the sleeve out of his spring bushings and but it back in mine when they go on his truck?
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