SierraIndiaTango
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Greetings,
I am new to this forum and very new to these trucks, I had a Ranger previously that the rear end locked up in going down the road with no warning other than a clunk followed by tires screeching, not fun at all
SO now I have a new truck, 96 K1500 "Cheyenne" RCSB 5.0 5SPD, needs a little TLC, very clean underneath with no rust (Florida) and surprisingly appears to have never been in the mud, or at least cleaned thoroughly afterwords
my only real puzzling question, at least to me anyhow, is the stance, factory suspension no lift or anything, slightly larger than OEM tires but factory wheels, however it does seem to sit higher in the rear than the front, I am not sure if this is normal since I have never owned one of these trucks (or one similar) a friend told me to turn the torsion bars up in the front until it levels out, I was hoping to lower the rear rather than raise the front, I crawled under the rear ready to take a look at the coil springs and deice how much to cut them!.. you know what happened next
so, is there a way to drop the rear about an inch(I assume) or is the torsion bar suggestion the best idea, and is so.. will it adversely effect the trucks ride or handling?
I am new to this forum and very new to these trucks, I had a Ranger previously that the rear end locked up in going down the road with no warning other than a clunk followed by tires screeching, not fun at all
SO now I have a new truck, 96 K1500 "Cheyenne" RCSB 5.0 5SPD, needs a little TLC, very clean underneath with no rust (Florida) and surprisingly appears to have never been in the mud, or at least cleaned thoroughly afterwords
my only real puzzling question, at least to me anyhow, is the stance, factory suspension no lift or anything, slightly larger than OEM tires but factory wheels, however it does seem to sit higher in the rear than the front, I am not sure if this is normal since I have never owned one of these trucks (or one similar) a friend told me to turn the torsion bars up in the front until it levels out, I was hoping to lower the rear rather than raise the front, I crawled under the rear ready to take a look at the coil springs and deice how much to cut them!.. you know what happened next
so, is there a way to drop the rear about an inch(I assume) or is the torsion bar suggestion the best idea, and is so.. will it adversely effect the trucks ride or handling?