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My 94 RCLB doesn't have hanger bearing it's a one piece driveshaft not sure what kind of truck yours is. If the kit is from Bell Tech I'm sure you can call them and they will sell you the needed parts
 

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Shock extenders move the mount down 2", allowing for a shock to be 2" longer than the total drop height.
An upper shock mount relocating kit does NOT allow for an extra 2" of shock mount length
The hangars move the mount point down.
The relocation kit moves the upper mount point CLOSER to the diff, not HIGHER.
 

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Shock extenders move the mount down 2", allowing for a shock to be 2" longer than the total drop height.
An upper shock mount relocating kit does NOT allow for an extra 2" of shock mount length
The hangars move the mount point down.
The relocation kit moves the upper mount point CLOSER to the diff, not HIGHER.
The ones i used from bell tech moved the mount closer and higher. Unless what you mean is by moving the mount in and more upright you arent gaining height because its moved in an arc. Though i would imagine you would gain at least 1" from that. I am sure my 2" drop lower extenders will help make up the difference with the shocks i just installed.

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HAHA, just ordered parts to drop my hoe 2" up front and 6" in the rear. hate me. Am i going to run into any issues that you can think of, drive shaft problems? transmission mounts maybe?
 

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Wouldent 2 in the front and 6 in the rear make it a bit draggy in the ass, or is that the look your going for? Why not drop it 4 in the front eith springs and spindles, and 6 in the back to lower and level it out.
 

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Wouldent 2 in the front and 6 in the rear make it a bit draggy in the ass, or is that the look your going for? Why not drop it 4 in the front eith springs and spindles, and 6 in the back to lower and level it out.
thats what im going for, just need to know if i should be prepared for any problems due to the drastic change in geometry
 

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Picked up some lower shock extenders off evilbay last week. Won auction for $58 shipped. Made in Chinna. They came bare metal, pretty thick steel, well made. I did have to spread out the tabs that the shocks fit into a bit using my vise, and a large pair of challellocks lol. Then i epoxy primed em and painted em semigloss black.

They came with 6 mounting bolts though only 4 are needed, wasnt sure of the bolt quality, plus they were smaller than the shock bolts that you take off. When i hit the wrecking yard earlier this week i just grabbed 2 shock bolts and nuts off another GMT400. I also heated and removed the metal tubes from my old shocks to use as spacers. You could easily use a small piece of 3/4" tubular black pipe from home depot and cut it down to make these.

My parking brake cable bracket on the passenger side needed a tab trimmed to fit with these. You can see the sharpie mark in pic 3 where it needs to be cut. I am glad i used a second set of shock bolts to pin these in place as its a much cleaner install than it would have been with seperate hardware. IMHO.

I installed everything loose, then tightened up the shock bolts first, then the bracket bolts second since tightening the bracket bolts up first will draw everything in to where the shock wont fit easily.

I used the square washer on the left mount, used the parking brake cable bracket as the washer on the right side. I could get longer grade 8 bolts, however once i tightened down on the locknuts, i had between 1.5 to 3 threads showing past the nut. This is concidered sufficient for aviation industry standards so as far as i'm concerned, its good enough for this.

I am happy with the install. Took about 30 minutes start to finish.

Hope this helps
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