The Lair

Anyone heard anything from @EatSleepTacos ?

 

Probably out getting flex pics....lol...I would be.

 

At what time do we start contacting his emergency contact, local police department, hospitals ect?

 

Sure am! Just finished up and showered. From start to finish (including tools out and cleaning up) took about 5 hours.

Luckily it never rained! Still hot as fuck though.

Hey, I posted that in another thread! It cracks me up.

It wasn't too bad, but that's because I had all necessary tools on hand and a second car to get stuff if needed. Definitely do able by yourself (obviously)

Yes! My old ones were 12 years old, so I wasn't about to reuse those bushings. For simplicity, I ordered preassembled.

I've got stock UCAs, and only 2.5" lift so hopefully they can get some good numbers.

Nope, because all I did in the rear was a single AAL with the stock pack. I just took out the leafs entirely to make it easier. This is the third AAL I've done and this has been the least sketchy (still sketchy though)

I'm alive!

Alright here's a finished product pic, then I'm gonna run to chipotle and do a little shakedown over some speed bumps. After I eat I'll post up my experience.

 

Damn she looks sexy!!!!

Glad to know you are alive BTW. The lair would't be the same without you.

 

Looks great and kudos to you doing it on your own.

 

One sexy Super White!

 

Twining with @fatfurious2

 

#throwbackthursday before things got crazy

 

Need to put my TW decal on...

Is the driver's side where all the cool kids are putting it?

 

Well mine aren't already assembled so it'll probably be a PITA to do myself. Probably gonna have to use the jack under the LCA trick. Not paying for a shop to do. Anyone wanna come down and help out? You won't go thirsty.

 

I did that same exact method on my last truck, and it was a piece of cake. Pretty much just as easy as the front install today. The rear is always more of a pain though.

 

I've got a 1.5" AAL I've gotta put in too. Did you just lay them out and keep them aligned that way?

 

So overall the install went pretty smooth, except was was to be expected i.e. some hard to get off bolts, things not lining up right away, etc.

I was very impressed with how well @Wheeler's Off-Road Inc packaged the goods. Thanks guys!


Front went smoothly. Thought I was going to round off one of the top bolts, but with a little PB blaster they came free. I decided to remove my sway bar and see how I like it, and so far I'm unsure if I like it or not.

The rear is a different story. So I've installed two other AALs now, and both times the issue I ran into was getting enough room between the axle and the bottom of the leafs to get the new centering pin in. To avoid that, I just completely removed the leafs. I followed @Low Range Off-Road's video on YouTube. Thanks guys! They're new, so they came out easy. They are WAY heavier than I thought!

I was getting them back into place, and getting the forward bolt in was easy, but getting the back ones is was tough because again, I couldn't get the axle low enough. To circumvent this, I had to get creative. I used the trucks jack to push down on the leafs, and it lined them up perfectly to get the bolts in. That was satisfying.



After that it was just buttoning everything back up!!

Oh and halfway through, my old man neighbor came over, shook my hand, and was very impressed that I work on my own vehicles since not many people these days do. He drives a shiny new third gen, so I may have just made a friend.

 

Yeah, pretty much. I managed to put my overload leaf in backwards on the drivers side, but I'm not worried about it.

 

Nice Job! a lot accomplished in a short period of time! really looks good. Love the look of the Access Cabs!

 

Props fromthe neighbor is always a plus!

 

Stewie is fucking gorgeous,

 

Nice!