5 lug lift re-du

Yeah that shop also said after having my truck for 2 months im sol and cant fix my truck when the downey stuff broke. Im only using them for the warranty on shocks i drove on for less than 100 miles

 

Im trying to find leaf springs for it but i cant find much

 

What shocks are those? Looks like the bushings were incorrect.. Is there a metal sleeve to take up the gap between the bolt and the bushing?

The broken leaf is on the raised side or the sagging side?

Can you post pictures of both sides of the rear suspension? (Leaf springs, shackles, upper and lower shocks mounts)?

Where's your approximate location?

You dont necessarily have to find a whole spring pack. You could take the middle one out (from the good side) call around for any spring shops (usually for trucks) and see if they can make a pair that are similarly arched, width, length, and strength as the leaf you pulled out. This will give both of your packs equal strength instead of only replacing the individual spring.

 

Is your main spring on both sides still good? what I did when I neded to replace my springs was get a set of used springs from a 2010 and rebuilt them from that. Main spring from my 97 everything ells from the new leaf pack. Also did spring over axle at the same time.

 

The beoken leaf is on the right side which is the raised side. im in knoxville tn. I think they are monroe. This shop down the road installed them i didnt see any metal sleeve

 

Unbolt the shock on the right side. See if it has siezed or if its really stiff. That could be what's holding the body up.

Not sure how far these guys are from you, but try giving Knoxville Spring Service a call (http://m.yp.com/knoxville-tn/mip/kn...arget=name&pagename=search_result&page_id=120).
They're down at 1116 Dutch Valley Dr.

They should be able to help you just fine since that's their specialty.

 

You guys are awsome. I have got alot of help from yall without any negitive feedback

 

That's what we're all here for. Help each other out when they need a hand or just hang out and have a good ol time.

Best of luck with the repairs, sir. Keep us updated.

 

So i get my truck back from the shop.... (2 days for rear shock) and they say that my truck is made from 3 different trucks and the rear shock mounts are for circle track trucks and thats why they broke..... they also tried charging me labor for reduing the even tho i put less than 100 miles on em... so glad to have it back still need to fix the steering its getting alittle worse

 

Damn 5-lugs!

 

After alignment the truck is feeling smooth. Comfortable on the interstate

 

New problem. Lower ball joints are both torn. Less than 2k miles and the inside of boot on both has rips and now pops when reversing and turning hard

 

Hey do you think those qa1's could be used with a stock lower control arm? Did some measurements and not sure if it would fit with a 9" coil

 

The stock lower arms dont have the correct mounting to use the coilovers. You may be able to fit it if you used one of the eye hole through bolts like the stock mounting points. Would be all the front end weight sitting on two small bolts though.

 

Yeah I've looked into that and I found some bar pin eliminators from jeeps that looks like it could work if i reinforced the lower a bit where the coil would sit. just not sure if there's enough room for a coilover in there

 

Wouldnt hurt to go check the extended and compressed lengths of the coilover. Would wanna cycle the stock arms to see how far it'll droop and fully compress.

Might be a different distance between the frame and the mounting point of the shock or coilover.

 

I am about to just buy new lca since they include the bushings and prob use a adapter on it also

 

what length shocks were they you used for the qa1

 

where can i find different lca with the eyelet mount on it for my tacoma

 

I will look up my order and give u the specs