well, got the front of the truck all put back together with the drop spindles.
got the bottom of the front bumper 6.5 inches off the ground still with 4 inches of shock travel. so that should do pretty good.
a day later, i tore it back apart. started lowering on the rear end of it. im holding off on the 4 link setup just because of all the other required work needed, and not enough time or money before BTT50's in minnesota.
i initially wanted to drop it 4 inches, but seeing how easy this was, i went a little further, and all in all, it should be around 5 to 5.5 inches of drop in the rear.
not sure if you guys know or not, but the 3/4 ton frame is different than the 1/2 ton. on the half tons, the frame notch above the axle goes just about all the way to the bed wood, on the long box's, theres about 2-3 inches between the two, so it just makes it a little more tricky to get it as low as you half ton'ers.
i figure'd i'd show ya some pictures on how easy this swap was for my 3/4 ton.
before:
after. all i did was flip the shackle mounts. that alone gave me about a 4" drop. i also removed another leaf from the stack, so now there is only 3 per side.
the 3 red holes need to be drilled, but the yellow one is a rivet hole from the rear frame cross member that im moving back for a bigger fuel cell. then the rest of the holes just drilled from there.
it shows 4 inches here. i will be removing the bump stops, and after the bed, fuel cell, fenders, ect. get put back on, it should be about 3 inches of travel. good enough for now i think!
i just ordered 4* shims for the spring perches to align my pinion angle. and after that, its all done! minus the fuel cell.
not too bad for a days worth of work!