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Long Travel BS Thread

Discussion in 'Long Travel Suspension' started by amaes, Aug 20, 2010.

  1. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:24 AM
    lembowski

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    I bent/ripped off 4 tabs and broke 2 bolts before I got my BR cam tabs installed.
     
  2. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:25 AM
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    Guessets are like $85 or $90 and look at 2 to 3 hours of shop labor.
     
  3. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:25 AM
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    yes which will mean you need an alignment right after. SD truck shop charged me like 65 (i think) for the brackets,100-200 for labor and like 80 for the alignment. They did a shitty job at the alignment so I had to go get it realigned anyway...too bad I waited so long to do another alignment
     
  4. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:27 AM
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    Should have said something to James.

    Depending on what normal shop help they have doing the alignment (experience with LT suspension) I've gotten varied results. But if it isn't right he always takes it back in and fixes it.
     
  5. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:28 AM
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    shea has some, i keep bugging him to put it up but he has been super busy
     
  6. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:28 AM
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    One of these years my fabricator will have his waterjet back online and I'll do a group buy for these jobbies. They replace the stock tabs (just grind off the ends before welding these in place) and reinforce the LCA mounts.

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  7. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:30 AM
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    Those are purdy
     
  8. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:30 AM
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    any of you guys that have heimed upper should just plate the lower mount in
     
  9. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:31 AM
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    well I had other issues and just didnt want to bother..as it was in the shop they told me my lower uniballs were both shot and needed to be replaced. They weren't even a year old so I dont know. I said go ahead and replace them. When I picked them up my total was almost $600. I asked for the old uniballs and turns out they charged me for two but only replaced one. They fixed the price on that but since I had already paid with my card, I got charged twice. After about a week the first charge still hadn't been returned to me. They were helpful in fixing it though. They actually just sent me a check for the first charge since they had to fix the issue through their credit card processing company.
     
  10. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:33 AM
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    Sorry to hear that. They have always been pretty fast to fix anything that goes wrong.
     
  11. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:35 AM
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    And they were. I've done quite a bit of business with them and have been pleased. My alignment guy just happens to do a way better job at aligning ;)

    Alignment Plus in san marcos. It's the only place in north county that will work on my truck...every regular shop is like nah we can't work on these kinds of trucks..im confused because the only difference is the extended steering rods.
     
  12. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:45 AM
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    put me on that list :p
     
  13. Jun 22, 2012 at 11:53 AM
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    Me too those gussets are trick
     
  14. Jun 22, 2012 at 1:01 PM
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    I ordered my triples on monday from Marco @ DSM and fox told him 4-6 weeks till they'd be ready. He just emailed me saying they'll be here Tuesday!! I am freakin stoked!
     
  15. Jun 22, 2012 at 1:43 PM
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    want want want want

    ETA On water jet fix? :D
    Nice! That is an awesome surprise! haha
     
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  17. Jun 22, 2012 at 2:08 PM
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    Re-built my shackle hangers 1/4" <3

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  19. Jun 22, 2012 at 3:18 PM
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    they look alright :rolleyes:
     
  20. Jun 22, 2012 at 7:12 PM
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