Xeo

Finished installing my MPV yesterday since my LSPV was leaking from that little boot. I noticed a little bit of a difference in stopping power i.e my truck no longer nose dives when i hit the brakes, its more equal but i think i still have a little air in the system since i used a one man bleeder to bleed the brakes. Anyways here's how i mounted mine got lazy and put it in the engine bay maybe in the future ill route it inside the truck.

Xeo

Hoping you SAS guys can give me an idea of what's going on with my SA so it's been getting fairly cold here and moist in the mornings and I've noticed that my steering is making creaking/groaning noises, but only when I crank the wheel to the right while not moving and there is also a clunk when I turn the wheel back and forth also when I'm not moving sounds like it's coming from right under me.

Now I know the tie rods are tight and that the welds are solid I've greased the shackles and what not, but I'm not sure what else it could be. If you guys have any ideas I'd be very grateful.

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Teuf

Issue with the steering shaft? Steering stabilizer?

Xeo

Thanks teuf I already tightened down the stabilizer but only with a wrench maybe I should take a air ratchet at it also I haven't checked my steering shaft....I'll take a look at it tomorrow.

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Teuf

Air maybe over kill there. Let us know on the steering shaft, good luck

Teuf

( could be ) not maybe, dang.

Xeo

Well steering shaft is fine no play there, but my steering box has a mighty fine leak lol. After looking online I found that other people have this issue or problem where they can here a clunk from under the vehicle when turning the wheel left to right or taking a corner while driving and according to various posters it's either the leaf springs moving around, the tie rod ends flopping back forth when turning the wheels and or the shackles hitting the body mount. So I'll just live with it. Lol

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Xeo

Yes i can soon start my rear leaf spring swap i have finally obtained a key part for this or er parts!

85sr5excab

Are those like a double shackle??

julsruls

Let us know how you like that set up. Who you ordring your stuff through.

Xeo

Yes sir that it is.

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Xeo

I got the kit from skysoffroad and once I actually do get to install these I'll let you guys know how they are.

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85sr5excab

Hmmm I've never seen a set quite like that b4. Interesting.

Xeo

People have mixed feelings on running dual shackles I just chose this kit because I didn't want to make my own plus I don't like the idea of having super long shackles in the rear of the truck.

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85sr5excab

Sounds reasonable enuf to me. I'd strongly consider them for my truck but it's gonna be more of a work truck than play truck. It'll be interesting to see how they work out for u. They look like quality pieces for sure.

Xeo

UPDATE!? I know it been a while since i've posted on here about the progress of my rear leaf swap, but i ve finally got all the side jobs my dad and I have been working on out of the way and my rig is finally back in there lol Pics below.

All nice and cozy well the rig is my garage aint heated so its cold in there for me lol


Tires and drums removed.


Axle shafts out and so are my bearings they're both SLAG!





Old axle housing out


Old axle housing in lol


Lining up the pinion Macgyver style lol


And thats all for now folks!

julsruls

Exciting

Xeo

I find your lack of enthusiasm disturbing....or I just read your post that way lol

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bump530

Making progress, looks good. I now have two sets of 63s that I may combine for mine. Im ready to make some progress on it, having parts just collect dust is killing me lol.

Xeo

Lol yea I hate it when my parts sit around in the garage and id like to see what your lead pack well look like with double 63 s haha

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