Did i install my flip kit wrong??????

[mayberryterror]

Ive been looking for hours and cant find one flip kit that seams to be installed the same and only one like mine . My truck has not been on the road yet and if i did this wrong THANK GOD!!!! This flip kit came out of a donor truck i stripped and i could of swore it was put in my truck the way it came out. The donor truck was a 92 or 93 rcsb and all the lowering parts are stamped belltech. The truck i put everything in is a 95 rcsb. Ive only seen one installed like mine, but a majority are not and it seams none are the same lol. Will it being installed like this be dangerouse or screw off my truck??? Thanks for everyones help.

 

[sewlow]

Are the bends in those U-bolts round or square?
I don't have any pix of the original set-up in my '98, so I'm going from memory.
Seems to me that that plate on top bolted to the U-bolts should be on the bottom, & that the plates & U-bolts need to be turned 90 degrees.

 

[mayberryterror]

There square. The way you explain it, is the way i seen some of them online. Should i get rounded end u bolts and flip everything around like you say? Its no big deal because i got to shim it when i put drop shackles on it.

 

[someotherguy]

Looks like what you have there is a home-made flip using the factory U-bolts. The factory ones are square to fit around the leaf and the plate the nuts are against is the factory piece too; designed to go under the axle instead of over. Actual flip kit U-bolt setup is round to go around top of the axle and has a flat plate goes underneath.

That looks a little sketchy to me but...tough call. I'm thinking I'd have to see it in person to decide, but personally I would opt for a real kit.

Richard

 

[SCOTTYINWV]

I would get new u bolts anyways, never reuse them. And I would also get the round ones and flip it over 90

 

[Steve's Chevy]

if you look closely ( best pic I have ) this is my flip installed.

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[sewlow]

If it's a Belltech, IMO, the way I described is the way that they should be, but I'm not sure if Belltech ever had a different (early?) design. But then. if you installed it the way that it came outa the donor, who's to say that that was installed correctly to begin with.
Wish I had a pic or 2 of mine when I first did it.
Wouldn't hurt to try a different set of U-bolts, They're cheap enough. Wouldn't take long to swap that stuff around.
There's more than a couple of members running the Belltech kit. Hopefully you'll get some more opinions, quick.
Don't drive it till you're 100% sure, though!

 

[mayberryterror]

yeah I'm goting to vato zone to get some shims and drop shackles on monday. Ill just pick up some round u bolts in the process. I was just out there looking at it and that top piece needs to be under the spring with the nuts facing down lol. Richard, Scotty, and Steve I really appreciate your help. Hey steve i like that c-notch, does it give you plenty of travel? Im needing one that will support 8" of drop and the common square bolt on notches dont seam to give enough room.

 

[sewlow]

if you look closely ( best pic I have ) this is my flip installed.

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Now that I've seen these pix, your's is not only upside down, but those are the original plates. You can see in these, that the plates are not only on the bottom, but they are a totally different shape. The way that Belltech designed the kit, it takes into account the pinion angle adjustment. I'm not sure if that one that you have does.

 

[mayberryterror]

This thing aint going anywhere till im sure lol. But yeah im getting some round u-bolts and fliping it around. The spindles and springs up front went really smooth. But that back half its a nightmare, i think it was not installed rite in the donor truck.