Blazed's 2011 Tahoe Build

[Blazed]

I think his alignment woes are about the belltech spindle because you basically have stock steering geometry so doing a two inch strut drop would only affect the alignment as if you only had the strut drop

 

[NORCAL SS]

How much lower is he going 1/2 inch stroke is nothing. Ive been doing this mod for years and for 1 inch or less no issues and autoride or non autoride. Its a lot cheaper then springs and even on the touchy autoride no issues. Same thing if you do springs the shaft goes farther into the shock.

If he wants no shock stroke change do spindles call it good

 

[Blazed]

I think he wants you to clarify how the modification works...

 

[Modded]

How much lower is he going 1/2 inch stroke is nothing. Ive been doing this mod for years and for 1 inch or less no issues and autoride or non autoride. Its a lot cheaper then springs and even on the touchy autoride no issues. Same thing if you do springs the shaft goes farther into the shock.

If he wants no shock stroke change do spindles call it good

Ducking questions huh?

 

[Goodinblack]

@ Tony. My front is plain stock right now.

I may be retard for asking this but............

Okay, so if I have the stock strut all broken down, I take to actual strut to the machine shop and tell them what exactly?

The stock strut has a raised ring portion right? For the perch to rest on.

Do they machine above or below it?

How far distance wise?

How deep is it machined?

Since they machine a new grove into the body, what holds the perch at the new machined point? A snap ring?

@ Modded. You are not crazy. That is the reason I asked this in Post #1126.

Tony. Please explain how to do this mod. I don't understand the buldge being there. Is the bulge machined clean off?

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Is this making sense to anyone but me?

Makes sense to me.

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I think he wants you to clarify how the modification works...

Pray tell.

 

[NORCAL SS]

moddeds post is all wrong hopefully this explains it.

the bottom is a snap ring that is machined not a buldge at all. You lift up the lower perch it exposes the snap ring. you pop off the snap ring and set up the shock to mill a new snap ring groove.

You mill the lower groove .62 lower than oem snap ring groove (if you want 1 inch drop)

You then put the spring perch on the NEW lower new snap ring groove. Lower ring sits lower which inturn brings lower spring perch down whicn in turn sits spring lower which in turn lowers the truck

Like I said been doing this for years even on the trailblazer ss suvs with no issues same exact concept and helped many guys on here where there machine shops called me like how do we set this up to mill it.

Hopefully that explains it.

 

[Modded]

@ Modded. You are not crazy. That is the reason I asked this in Post #1126.

Tony. Please explain how to do this mod. I don't understand the buldge being there. Is the bulge machined clean off?

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Makes sense to me.

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Pray tell.

I did not even notice your post.
That means we are on the same boat then. I thought I was the only person who was a bit thrown off.

 

[Blazed]

That makes a little more sense.

 

[NORCAL SS]

SNAP RING not buldge. Big difference if you have any other questions call me maybe talking over the phone will be easier.

btw my truck barley aligned but other trucks ive done at 3 inch level have been no issue same thing goes with the trailblazer ss's. Some align lowered some don't.. Good ol gm variances.

 

[Modded]

My shock looks like this and yours should too:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2007-09-Che...Parts_Accessories&hash=item334c05436f&vxp=mtr
The unfinished metal circular parts lowers on to the bulge from the top of the strut, and then holds the lower perch seat. There is no groove on my shock what so ever. There is none on your shock out side the one you made either.
My stock, Bilstein, and Belltech struts all look like the one pictured above.
When the lower perch is lifted, one will see the metal perch holder pictured above. When that it lifted, one will see the bulge in the shock that holds it on.
So unless your mods involves the use of snap rings, there are no snap rings on the shock.

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Let me go take a picture of my stock front shocks and upload them. I will be back by 10.