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Much appreciated

 

Got the AAL in and ready to go. Ill be finishing it all up tomorrow.

Hopefully it goes smoothly and I wont have to mess with the front end to adjust for too much rack...

 

Just installed with Stage 1. What is everyone doing with the little silver brackets that mounted to the factory leaf springs? I currently have them ziptied up near the other brackets toward the front until I find a solution. Thanks!

 

If your referring to the brake cable i removed the stock bracket and did this...

 

The silver bracket is a keeper to prevent the e-brake cable sheath from chafing on stuff. You can open the hole up with a uni-bit and mount it to one of the leaf pack retainer bolts.

 

yes, sorry that is what I was referring too. that looks like a pretty solid solution!

 

I did the same thing, been a while and everything is fine

 

is there a specific part or bracket that you purchased?

 

I went too small in the beginning and it was too tight for my liking. I think I ended up doing around a 1” hose bracket thing from lowes. Open up the hole on it and it’ll bolt right up to the bracket on the leaf pack.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hillman-2-Pack-to-1-in-dia-Steel-Suspension-Clamp/3342766

 

Thank you!

 

How do you like it so far?

 

it has been great!

 

Installed stage 3 as recommend by a few people... Should have gone stage 2...

Rear is 25" front center hub cap to bottom of fender in the rear and 22" in the front.

I do have 6112 in the front and might have one more adjustment notch...if not I guess I'll have to get some top hat spacers to lift the front about an inch...

Pic does not do it justice... Much higher in the rear


How many notches are there on there 6112? I can't remember

 

Which 6112’s do you have? 6 notches on older style. Looks great to me. Wait till you load it up. Rather have rake then ass sag

 

Did not know there was a new version of the 6112. I bought them about 6 years ago when I bought the truck, so I'm assuming its an old style...

 

Old version has 6 notches. No difference in ride just more notches to dial in height

 

Cool, I'll have to count the notches I can see and hopefully I am not maxed out. If so, I'll get some spaces and add them just to even out the look a little... Too much rake in the rear as it sits now...

I'm pretty sure I'm on notch 5 driver and 4 pass

 

Yes one more notch will get you close to 1/2” more height. I have option 3. Empty I have 2” of rake.

 

Me and my family, dog baby and tiny lady are piling into my Access cab and taking a 2 months road trip through the United states.

. Sooo going to redo my whole rear suspension. To accommodate weight of topper, and bed platform and gear ...This is what I have put together. Decided on the leafs, option 2 or 3 rxt's. I've got Archives hammer hangers coming in. And I have dura bumps w/flipkit. ..Still not positive on the shocks,

I saw somewhere (?) that @ARCHIVE recommended 10" shocks for rxt leafs so these fox 9.6 would be that I think. Yet accutune says these 9.6 shocks are for 3.5-5.5" lifts. I am open to suggestions for shocks. Was thinking the DSC because the truck will go from lots of weight to just a topper when this road trip is over.

Already have dura bump stops and are break line extension really needed? Am I missing anything here. Are these the right shocks for the job. I have done a lot of research and I believe I'm in good position but just looking for some I put to my specific case.

Was thinking carrier bearing in hand Incase I need it.. I believe I already have 3 degree shims in the currt TSB + AAL. A lot of info there. Let's see if anyone's takes it on.

 

I don't think I ever recommend 10" shocks, but I might of said that's the longest you could possibly fit without worrying about bottoming a shock out. The critical dim: collapsed length, varies by nominal diameter, 2.0 vs 2.5 and brand, so it's not like all 10" shocks "fit" in stock location. Don't buy anything longer than ~15" collapsed, last thing you want on a 2 month trip, is bottoming shocks whole time.
Enjoy your trip!