81yotalove

i dont as of right now. can you wait till tomorrow? i'll take some pics of it and post for ya.

pennywize

i have old man emu up front with TG extended brake lines. clears 33's no prob.

TinMan

No worries on the pictures, I am not expecting my springs before tuesday, so I am winding down the cleaning and repainting of the front axle, frame and knuckle parts. I hope to have it back on the road the weekend after thanksgiving.

81yotalove

Oh alright I'll post some for ya later tonight. Its nothin fancy but it gave me enough for the 3" springs and if I ever go bigger or when I do a brake job I'll use some new extended lines then as well. Maybe ss lines, haven't decided. It just made sense for me plus I think it looks better striaght then turned on top. Oh I understand you want to get it back up and going, I did my timing chain and it was down for like two weeks cause parts, I missed my truck lol. How's the front axle rebuild? I have to do mine once I save up to get the kit.

Gov't Mule

3" suspension is done, now it's time for some 33x10.50 BFG KM2s

foskco87

Sorry for hijacking the thread back but what im getting from all this is that you cant get stock replacement springs for these trucks? Only lift springs? Seems rather odd but i guess they are very old trucks. If anyone does find a place/way to get stock height springs can they message me and let me know. Thnx. PS. The lift looks awesome!

82blueyota

does anyone know what kind of vehicle to look for at the jenk yurd to get spring that will bolt up without modification i hear the term 63 chevies all the time on here?

Gov't Mule

Thx Foscko, I'm pleased with how it turned out. And I'll keep my eyes open for "stock" height springs and post back here if/when I find any...but honestly I got tired of searching.

82blueyota - as I understand it the 63" chevy half ton springs require mod to relocate the rear spring hangers but are nice because of the length and flex they provide.

81yotalove

tmcorbin here is your picture for the brake line bracket mod i did. i hope this helps.


ncc3 let me know how those 33 10.5 km2 are cause thats exactly what i want to get for my truck.

heres a picture of my truck with the 3" downey springs up front and stock rear. going to finish the front shock towers and mod the rear soon. when money lets me. i finally made a photobucket and i want to whore her out since i havent yet lol.

Gov't Mule

Yep...I'll post pics when I get 'em. My CFO (aka wife) hasn't released the funds yet.

That's a good lookin 81...gotta love the desert and no rust!

82blueyota

81yotalove you just replaced the front springs only does it make the truck sit more level or are you waiting on rears to match.my springs are shot and i just want to do the front.rears seem fine.i see your pic looks level.mine has kind if a rake to the front.just want to fix this problem

81yotalove

I put the 3" downey up front that I got used, I'm not sure if they are sagged or not but they gave me about 2 1/2" of lift, and now the front sits about an 1" higher than the rear. I'm going to put longer shackles in the back to fix the difference. But yeah my fronts were sagged slightly negative arch lol.

tesseract620

81yotalove, what kind of tires are those? they look good on your truck.