1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

Check the link for proof

 

AC bed with DC tailgate? Also the rear cab corners are dented, maybe the original bed was part of a mishap? Wreck or off-road wise.

 

Nice catch on the tailgate. I missed that on my first viewing haha

 

Weird, thought I answered this already but .... yeah, mech told me "you'll want to re-clamp, get a pack of OEM grease and split between the two. Don't bother with the wedge tool on scAmazon, get a tool that looks like this" (almost looked like hogring pliers). And if they keep slinging, diff drop. I said, surprised, "Diff drop, eh?", I personally didn't think the angles changed that much and from the diff drop I got off Toytec, I don't see how it would make enough impact frankly. But whatever. Will start with re-clamp. Gotta get under the truck, wipe off the sling (it's substantial), and read what size clamps are on it so I know what to order.

Nope, don't remember AC bed on DC truck and I usually remember stuff like that.

 

Haven’t read through everything yet

 

That was more a comment to me than anything. I can't believe I typed that "out loud"/

 

You’re good. I will say it probably looks like you lost more grease than actually have. And for what it’s worth I used a hose clamp for a quick fix and it’s been working great so far

 

Heard of them plenty yeah. I've never run them on anything but I see them in the wild here and there. What's the new rig?

 

My door check sheet metal is busted on the virus. Time to throw the whole car away

 

TGIF.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiScnmOKeJ0​

 

Pretty decent brand. I ran the Courser MSR for years when I plowed snow.

 

Well damn. He had someone in front of me to check out the cap @ 10:30 this morn. Just checked back in .... *GONE*.

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These bastards are heavier than I expected.

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I know, right! So install this weekend?

 

I’ll take it.

 

did the long side go to the front?

 

This was the wrong way:

Never mind. This damn website just pics and chooses when to accept pictures. Long side to the back. But you know shifty; he's gonna measure twice, install one.




Edit: wtf is this website. I'm leaving this post as is. Why the fuck did those pics just pop in as I was typing?

 

Likely on Sunday if I can manage. Surgery on Wednesday at the ass-crack of dawn so I gotta get it done now, along with other things. I've gotta relocate the LSPV mount at the pumpkin also, before I go nuts. Brakes are so obviously favoring the front calipers right now it's aggravating.

 

Always short side to front, same as AAL. And they don't mark anything on the ATS springs, so ... you gotta measure everything.

 

What exactly are you measuring?

 

I had to employ 3/4 drive breaker bar with a 3 foot cheater pipe to get my ubolts to either break or loosen. I picked up fresh ubolts from ATS. I hear ya about the LSPV and how heavy the springs are. I am happy with the ride though.

 

Center of front through the shackle bolt to the bolt that holds the springs together. Then from back shackle bolt to through spring bolt.
From memory, 29 1/2 front and 31 1/2 back. Simple straight line measures..

 

AI. It’s here

 

Yup ^^

And those numbers are ballpark in the vicinity. One side is about 3" longer than the other, and it's not immediately visible to the naked eye.

 

And stupidly, ATS put the leaf retainer bolts thru on the same side, I'm gonna hafta flip one b/c I'm OCD, and maybe draw an arrow.

 

I found that I needed to trim the ends off the bolts holding the springs together so that my rubber bumpers weren't being impaled. LOL my OCD isn't that bad... about some things... I left the retaining bolts as installed. You might want to hit them with a rattle can of paint as mine rusted pretty quickly.

 

actual Ridgeline