It’s Just A Pickup

[Bruce88]

Not as strong as I use to be
Had to invite a friend over for a hand to torque the U bolts to 145 foot pounds.

Assembling the rear suspension and checking that everything has clearance thru out the complete suspension travel. With the shock relocator mounts and air shocks just wanted to make sure everything cleared, and it did. Plus with the coil springs not installed I could center the rear end and set the (LMC – 37-8541) Adjustable Tracking Arm at the proper ride height without having body weight on the frame. I also installed some control arm bushings (7-301-BL Prothane Motion Control).

The one thing that I would change if I was to fabricate the shock relocator mounts again is to make the ½ inch spacer out of aluminum instead of steel. The largest drill bit that I have is ½ inch and had to bring the holes up to ¾ inch plus with a step drill (not really made to drill in this thick of metal) and if it had been aluminum it would have been a lot easier.







May you have all the strength needed for your build or friends to help (smile). Enjoy your build