Suspension is next. I got inspiration from a pic I found of this burb.
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I knew I wanted 6” of lift, at first I was going to do a SAS since I had the frame out. Decided against it since it was apart in my parents garage and didn’t want it apart that long. (So much for that lol)
I tried to get a kit by Superlift, but I couldn’t find one in stock anywhere.
So I ended up with a Rough Country kit, all in all it seems like a pretty solid kit.
I plan to run the torsion bar relocators by Ready Lift, keep the torsion bars up off the ground, also I didn’t want to run 6” blocks in the back. Went to the drawing board to figure something else out. I didn’t want to lose tow rating so a lift spring wouldn’t have worked without air bags. When this truck pulled our camper trailer it wouldn’t even level out, the suspension was stout. I came across a company by the name of “Superior Machine and Fabrication LLC”. They make some pretty interesting stuff for our trucks as well as some nice universal bracketry, top quality stuff and excellent customer service.
I looked at shackle flip kits and didn’t find anything I liked until I came across a 6” leaf spring drop bracket kit by Superior. I ordered the kit for a pick-up not realizing the difference between the burb and the truck frame.
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After realizing the front bracket would not work, due to the fact it actually dropped the front spring eye 12” due to the frame differences, and that I had to drill new holes for the rear bracket. I emailed Chad from superior to be sure I received the correct parts, long story short he allowed me to send back the front brackets and he exchanged them for a universal bracket that would easily work. So I ordered new replacement springs, and a set of “Off-Road Design” super shackles. I had to grind the access hole for the stock front spring eye bolt flat for the new bracket to sit flush.
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Measured and scribed where everything was supposed to line up, drilled my new holes and voila!
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My measurements should be right on the money, but in case I have any alignment issues once the rear axle is in, I found a company that makes a thrust plate alignment kit for leaf springs.(Specialty Products Company)
I will also need to adjust pinion angle once everything is together for sure, I am limited by the height of my garage, so installing the axle and tires won’t happen until I push it outside into the driveway haha.