mod withdraw!

[road1will]

1st) What rear springs did you go with?
2nd) What do changing the keys do? and where did you get them?
3rd) Do you have websites I can look at to order from?..(part specific?)
4th) Your truck look will look sick lowered..but great lifted as well
5th) Lets ALL lower our trucks on the forum just for RT! hahah


Dont be mad RT...our trucks are MEAN and sound BAD ASS while they are lowered with exhaust! hah!





Now...Convertibles and Stock trucks are for the

Word...nothing gayer than a convertible corvette.

 

[Rollin Thunder]

which is faster than anything else.

 

[tybardy]

Not faster then my Tahoe

 

[OKLAGMCRUISER]

im wondering if i can just drill and tap the holes... interesting none-the-less... Im gonna have to give this a look this weekend, and maybe even pick up a better jack... i ******* hate these factory jacks, they scare the shit out of me

i sparked my own interest and did this last night...lol. No pics as my camera was here at work...argh!

Very simple to do and now all of my small hand tools are hidden away in the previous jack compartment in the back!

 

[tybardy]

what did it take? have to drill a couple holes and then buy a couple bolts or something?

 

[OKLAGMCRUISER]

what did it take? have to drill a couple holes and then buy a couple bolts or something?

i used a 1/4 x 1 1/2" bolt with flat washer and lock nut, about a 1/4" x 1/2"lg self tapping screw i had from a garage door install..lol...

Used an existing hole in the plate for both holes in the jack's mounting plate and mounted it to an existing hole on the bracket near the fire wall and self tapped the front hole. Took 15 minutes!

 

[outlaw57]

I agree, upmost care must be taken, but the key has around shallow hole cast in it, with the pad of a c-clamp removed it is a ball end, so slipping is minimized and you only need this to assist in removing the bolt and the pad. after that cake.... with the bolt and the tapped pad removed, remove the crossmember, and you can take the torsion bar out if you so feel.

 

[tybardy]

GDI i am stupid once again... why would i remove the torsion bar?

 

[BOSS]

GDI i am stupid once again... why would i remove the torsion bar?

You don't have to.

BOSS *does the nerd pose again

 

[TheFuzz]

You don't have to remove the torsion bars, bro. But, depending on how rusted the keys are to the bars, they might fall out on their own when you're angrily beating the shit out the keys with a mallet trying to get them out, lol. If that happens, just make sure they go back in the same way that they came out.

Also, if you haven't read this yet, I highly reccommend it. You'll probably feel alot better about the project after you see the photos. The write up is geared more for guys who are lifting (it comes from FSC after all, lol), but the same priciples apply for replacing the keys and getting everything leveled up.

http://www.fullsizechevy.com/forums...keys-torsion-bar-cranking-replacing-tech.html