The KidWagon

[KidWgn]

Aren't drop shackles for leaf springs?

May be the wrong terminology. It’s what I’ve always called it though; it’s used to drop the location of the shock, and another to drop the location of the lower trailing arm. Pic attached of the trailing arm shackle

 

[kbuskill]

I still have my sensors and whatnot. Did you keep the factory air shocks, or did you retrofit bags?

If you kept the factory air shocks, I'm assuming you're using a 4" drop shackle?

I do have the axle relocation brackets similar to the ones pictured.

I researched and found an aftermarket air shock with the same collapsed/extended length as the Belltech drop shocks and ran those.

They rode nice, my only complaint was if you get into a situation where there is a repetitive bounce, like when coming off of certain bridges, they were softer than I liked.

 

[KidWgn]

Pictures as promised. This is with the axle sitting at ride height.

Here’s the clearance on the diff cover. It’s around .200-.250

View looking up, top of picture is forward.

 

[KidWgn]

Some degen from up-country decided he wanted to get into my truck Saturday night. Broke my GD door handle. Thankfully Advance had a Dorman part that fits, although doesn't look as good as OEM.

 

[KidWgn]

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FINALLY ordered some new headlights. ****** stoked.

 

[89Suburban]

Good to see you tinkering KW.

 

[KidWgn]

Good to see you tinkering KW.

Always tinkering brother! Work has just been nuts, so I haven't been posting much. I'm about to tear my front suspension apart again. I finally figured out the issue. The front coilovers' struts are too short, which is why I had to crank the spring perches up so high. I'm going back to OE spindles with the coilovers, which should resolve a lot of the issue. Hopefully it resolves the RF wheel jutting outboard, too.

 

[KidWgn]

https://imgur.com/a/T1707df

Imgur link to a video of the startup sequence, and before and after of on-road lighting

 

[KidWgn]

Installed my Improved Racing thermostatic trans outlet and the smaller Derale 10-row instead of the TruCool 40k.

Hard to say if it’s “better” since it’s been under 40° here for quite a while.

I will say, with the 40k installed, sans radiator loop, I wasn’t even achieving 100° trans temps on my way to work. Now I’m able to achieve 170°, allowing for moisture to evaporate from the ATF.

Once it warms up in May, I’ll know whether the Derale is enough to keep up with high ambient temps and a 3200 rpm stall.

Imgur link to photos

 

[KidWgn]

I also recently made some exhaust mods.

https://imgur.com/a/3BWQtB0