Spohn Rear Control Arms?

[jeremiahm]

I have about 1500 miles on my set, great so far. I second tightening the joints up, once you put the truck on them they move! I tightened with a breaker bar until they stopped and then backed them to the nearest set screw indent (dont forget that set screw, its tiny, but holds tight!). I just snugged them, didnt crank. I did a few hundred miles on them as they are set up from Spohn and it was real clunky, after tightening it is smooth as butter.

jeremiah

 

[gmartin1215]

I have about 1500 miles on my set, great so far. I second tightening the joints up, once you put the truck on them they move! I tightened with a breaker bar until they stopped and then backed them to the nearest set screw indent (dont forget that set screw, its tiny, but holds tight!). I just snugged them, didnt crank. I did a few hundred miles on them as they are set up from Spohn and it was real clunky, after tightening it is smooth as butter.

jeremiah

Thanks! This helps!

 

[87chels]

curious would these aftermarket arms would give you suspension travel? i need some more travel for off roading

Idk about those apoc control arms but spohn control arms definitely do have alot more travel. With stock control arms in i barely had enough down travel to squeeze 2.5 inch lift springs in. With the spohn control arms in I have enough travel to easily get the 5 inch lift springs in. Haven't measured travel yet but offroad can definitely tell theres alot more than we used to have. Rear shocks are what is limiting our down travel and if it was able to go any further down my springs would be able to pop out. One of the things on my list of plans is making spring retaining brackets to hold top and bottom coils so that can't be a issue

 

[Rocket Man]

ive had the full set of uppers/lowers/panhard on for about 3 years. but i dont drive that ******* them

Yeah right…

 

[jeremiahm]

Also, give them a good greasing before you crank them down. Learned as I went! Here is my initial post on the process. Had to do it a second time to tighten everything up. I did a 1" spacer at the same time and I am still running my air shocks.

Spohn upgrade and mini-lift

As I get older the concrete in my driveway becomes less forgiving... Updated the rear end with 1" spacers and all the shiny red from Spohn, what a huge difference. No bounce, clanking, clunking, the new shocks actually feel much smoother. Factory parts were tired at 150k! If you go this route...

www.tahoeyukonforum.com

 

[gmartin1215]

Thanks for all the great feedback, guys! I took the plunge and bought Spohn's off-road set.

 

[gmartin1215]

Also, give them a good greasing before you crank them down. Learned as I went! Here is my initial post on the process. Had to do it a second time to tighten everything up. I did a 1" spacer at the same time and I am still running my air shocks.

Spohn upgrade and mini-lift

As I get older the concrete in my driveway becomes less forgiving... Updated the rear end with 1" spacers and all the shiny red from Spohn, what a huge difference. No bounce, clanking, clunking, the new shocks actually feel much smoother. Factory parts were tired at 150k! If you go this route...

www.tahoeyukonforum.com

Are you still using the spacers?

 

[Dustin Jackson]

@gmartin1215 not that you asked me but I'm running 2.5 inch spacers in the rear

 

[jeremiahm]

yes, still using the spacers, I wanted to level out my 1.5 lift up front. Sits perfect for me.

 

[gmartin1215]

I got my Spohn arms and trackbar installed!

The brake line used to attach to the OEM track bar with clips that kept it up and not hanging near the ground. I used zip-ties to hold the brake line up on the Spohn track bar, but it is still too low for my comfort.

For those of you who have the Spohn trackbar, how are you holding up the brake line to where it's out of the way and not hanging down where it can get snatched?