AAL install looks very wrong!

Just got a lift on my truck today. 5100's front and back and an Icon AAL. Got home and was looking at the springs and they don't look right. What is wrong? Is the AAL ON TOP? I have 0 knowledge in this area.

 

Yeah, looks like it’s mounted at the top of the pack and it’s facing downward, so doubly incorrect.

 

Yup, wrong, bring it back and dont drive it like that. It's unacceptable.

 

Only to get itback to shop!!

 

Will the springs still be good?

 

That’s one way to take the arch out of both the leaf pack and the AAL . How much lift did you get? Did the upside down AAL cancel itself out?!

 

Seems to have...is whyI started looking at the springs

 

In addition to the AAL being in the wrong place and wrong orientation, the top shackle bolt has been installed backwards. It may dig into the frame bracket when the suspenion flexes:



Correct orientation: https://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b359/TokyoTitan/IMG_1439.jpg

The bolt on your driver's side is pointed outward in the correct direction.

 

I don’t think I would take it back to that shop...Damn!

 

if thats how they installed it,,,i would take it back but afraid they might make it worst if they already did that!! good luck

 

literally how????!!!? methinks they did some sketchy stuff to make that work. id just demand a full refund and have another shop do it. have it towed and on thier dime sheesh...

 

WTF!?

*HOW* did a *SHOP* screw something so simple up so badly!?



I would demand a refund, possibly money to replace the over stressed AAL's and then take it to another shop if I were you.

Me personally I'd just do it myself, it's really a dead simple job, anybody with a couple of wrenches, some C clamps and two braincells to clink together can do it.

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Obviously the shop tech only had one rolling around the thunder dome.

 

But they torque-witnessed all the fasteners

 

the aals definitly cant be reused again. that is scary

 

I would also question the main leaf pack if the AAL was installed flipped wrong- seems like tightening down the U bolts would force all of the leafs against their arch.

 

One way they can make it worse is pointing the AAL's rebound clip bolt inward, so it digs into the fuel tank strap...

 

Oh yeah no doubt, but still, the principal of the matter, might as well capitalize on their screw up.

 

that is one way they could have done it more wrong

 

Looks like the shock boots could use a pull down also.
Amirite?