Long Travel BS Thread

That is definitely true. But I have ridden in other trucks that have swayed me from it as well. I was originally going to pick up that kit, I'm glad I didn't. I digress.

 

But in other news, whenever I go to tighten my shackle bolts (through the frame) it makes an exxtrreemeeellyy loud squeaking nose every time I tighten down on them. Time for new bushings?

 

I like my giant kit..only complaint I've had is one of those U looking spring brackets rubs on the shackle mount when they compress

 

Slightly fabricated.
Leafs were free.
No revalve.
Havent bitched since I got the new pack.

And just usual prep every few weeks, Its an extremely loud squeak haha. Gonna get some WD40 in there and see if it helps.

 

Mine were squeaking pretty bad too, I re-greased everything when I put on the new shackles and it's nice and quiet again, for now lol

 

ohhh man those whoops are far from little. Those specific whoops at the bottom of blowsand would eat up any LT truck (with any of the bolt on kits) on this site and shit them out sideways.

 

There's a difference between tightening and torqueing.
If you have to tighten up every time you prep your truck, maybe look into locktite. Overtightening those bushings is just going to add more dampening.[/QUOTE]



This and will slow the rebound, maybe RJ you have been over tightening and in the whoops you said it was packing this could add to that issue.

 

Oh. haha. Well he makes them look little. haha

 

damn videos never do anything justice! ahah

 

Nor do pictures. haha

 

Toucheeeeeeeeeeeeee Jason

Right? If those whoops werent there I could actually get some decent speed for that jump.

I have some kid of OCD for tighting shit. Any kind of specific torque for them?

 

On this topic. What's a good torque spec for the the ubolts, front hangers, shackles etc. ?

 

U bolts call for 73*, shackles and hangers call for 120*

 

sweet. Ill check that out

 

that's oem specs btw. I tighten my shit w/o a torque wrench, never felt the need. Everything has been good the past 6 years hahah .

 

So do you just get it hand tight and go with that?

Im just not sure what would be considered "too loose" or "too tight"

 

im going off 2nd gen numbers, assuming your using 1st?

Idk what mine are set at but it works, hahah u bolts are tight as I could gettem.......the rust on the u bolts thread will work better than any locktite