So I'm waiting for UPS to bring my rebuild kits so I get can get to the used SAWS I bought from Jboy, and whilst surfing trying to figure out what to do with the rear (see probs in sig) I took a look at the Daystar spacers that wheelers off road was selling, and I thought, "I wonder if I could run a set of the 1" top out spacers with my saws thereby combining them for a lift similar/equal to cranking the SAWS up all the way, yet mainting some of the "droop" that cranking them up loses".

Yep, thats what i thought.

Anyway......Would this work? Does it make sense? Is it a stupid idea? I did a search of the forum and found it mentioned only once, as a passing suggestion made by Mad Chemist.

thanks for looking....

 

I believe RTDawgs and Schaefer ran the SAW/Revtek topout spacer combo (I'm sure there were others). They might be able to give you some info on the setup.

 

With any luck they'll see this and chime in, otherwise I'll PM 'em/

 

Bump a dump :bounce2:

 

Wherd' ya get the rebuild kits and how much? How often do you all recommend a rebuild?

 

I bought them from Camburg engineering, I wouldn't be suprised if Demello offroad had them too. I hear something like ever 30,000 miles is recomended, probably depends on how hard they get used.

I paid about $50 shipped for kits (two shocks worth)

 

Finally saw this. Yes i ran a revtek top spacer on top of the SAWs, just got longer bolts.

However i cannot imagine using a 1" spacer, it would be too long to fit back in the thing i think.

 

How'd that work out for you? I believe it was the revtek spacer I was checking out on wheelersoffroad. If not 1", what size did you run, 1" was the only size I saw there, though i suppose I could check directly with revtek.

Thanks

 

revtek was 1/2". it worked great, i really enjoyed it.

also, i think the design of the 1" daystar is different so check with that.

 

I'm glad you spotted this, thanks for the insight.

Were the necessart longer boltsa/studs hard to find?

 

nah i find them at lowes.

 

Ditto on what RT said. I'm still running the Revtek top out spacer with my SAWS, though I think it was 3/8"- I think it was ~25 bucks from Revtek. It did seem to soften the suspension a little by allowing you to put less tension on the spring. I also got longer bolts from Lowes.

Ducky, you might be able to get away with just getting a fresh charge of Nitrogen as well, don't the SAWS hold ~200 PSI or something like that?

 

yes they are 3/8" but the 1 and 2 numbers are much closer together than the 3 and 8 keys so I am lazy.

 

Its monday, I forgive you.

 

Yes, they came from the factory charged at 200 PSI.