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The Mad Scientist
Good to know. I'll def offset them a little. So as of right now you guys havent answered my questions, but in your defense I was kinda askin for a handout,. It seems I will have to get the truck torn apart, set the axle where I want it, mount my coilover tabs, and the measure with the truck at ride height. I am curious about the spring weight though. I don't wanna get to stiff or not enough either. Anybody got a ballpark where I can start lookin?
To be honest, and not tryin to push you away, but you will most likely get a more accurate answer to your question if you contact qa1 directly and tell them every aspect of your truck, including what you wanna do with it. They'll need to know tire height(this way they can guesstimate your ride height) or just tell them your lengths after you've measured ride height, compressed height, and extended height. Give them the curb weight, pretty much volunteer all the info of the vehicle....even if they ask you to stop, keep telling them
If Jim is around and isn't too busy, he can help you in dialing in exactly what you need.
No pics until I'm finished....I've got the engine pulled for the 6th time now, still doing some changes to the cable operated clutch assembly, hard to get it just right, also gotta disassemble carb's secondary throttle shaft and loosen the tension on throttle spring. Now, when I got these, I didn't get lifetime warranty papers on them, just a sheet with a number of a repair center. I had a pair of light duty qa1's on my work truck and blew up the driver's side within 6weeks, replaced with an old set of AVO's and they're still functioning....as far as I know atleast. As with any shock, abuse can destroy them if they aren't tuned correctly, make sure ya get them done right before hitting the mountain passes.
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