Step by step Flip kit install 1 ton dually square (now with pics)

[RunninLo]

Originally Posted by Twitchin R&C

hey. thanks for this write up. your truck looks sweet. i have a couple of questions. first what tire size are you running? and second, with this drop, do you have any steering clearance problems like with the fenders or inner fenders? thanks

Inner Fenders are long gone.Front is now bagged. Tires in write-up were 235/75/16 but I swapped on a set of Toyo 215/60/16's I prefer 225/60/16's and that is what the Shop dually aka Dreamsicle is running. It has towed fine and has had the same six tires on for close to ten years so the whale should survive fine with that rubber.

[Scottshotrods]

Looks good
Justin

[ratty 46]

Looks good ....... are you still sporting the running boards??

Keep us poste to any progress.

Ratty 46

[JCampbell]

Sweetness...incidentally, I ultimately ended up ditching the swaybar.

I didn't notice a difference.

[RunninLo]

Originally Posted by ratty 46

Looks good ....... are you still sporting the running boards??

Keep us poste to any progress.

Ratty 46

well 50% of them anyway. They are still under the cab but I took them off the bed when I pulled it to start frame notch and rear 4link/bags

Originally Posted by JCampbell

Sweetness...incidentally, I ultimately ended up ditching the swaybar.

I didn't notice a difference.

J I am pretty sure I am going to pull mine off the dually and maybe, just maybe see if it will fit on my 4wd fleetside just so I don't end up throwing it out. I have never really worried about rule of scrub since most of my rides lay frame, even my daily is real close, but that Sway bar just makes me nervous for some reason.

Josh

[ratty 46]

Why the tire size change?? Do you get a better feeling of the road with the 60's??

Ratty 46

[BGRAFX]

Do you have a write up or pictures for the front bag setup? or the rear 4link? Thanks for doing this for us SquareCrewDually guys.

[RunninLo]

Final step.... reverse entire process to install air ride.

[jimbonice]

I'm itching to lower my dually, but I am wondering what kind of clearance is left between the axle and the frame, or bump stop with a flip?

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by jimbonice

I'm itching to lower my dually, but I am wondering what kind of clearance is left between the axle and the frame, or bump stop with a flip?

Zero clearance when I measured mine....

I measured 7.5" of clearance between the top of my axle tube & the bottom of the frame rail. The leaf pack is about 5" tall & the rear axle tube is 4" OD. Since the tube is moving from below to above the leafs w/the flip kit, the spring pack height + 1/2 of the axle tube OD should yield the amount of drop or roughly 7".

C-sections can be installed for a little more clearance but the bed floor will make contact w/the rear end differential housing.

[RunninLo]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

Zero clearance when I measured mine....

I measured 7.5" of clearance between the top of my axle tube & the bottom of the frame rail. The leaf pack is about 5" tall & the rear axle tube is 4" OD. Since the tube is moving from below to above the leafs w/the flip kit, the spring pack height + 1/2 of the axle tube OD should yield the amount of drop or roughly 7".

C-sections can be installed for a little more clearance but the bed floor will make contact w/the rear end differential housing.

Scoti is 100% correct. I had intended to just lower this enough to get by until my burb was done however once the flip was installed the frame and axle were nearly touching. In fact all the pictures in post # 26 of this thread the rear suspension is just the flip kit. I am not the c notch kind of guy and since it needed something I just caved and did the air and step notch which were inevitable for me anyway.
Josh

[jimbonice]

Thanks for the info. I'll probably do a hanger\shackle drop and remove a few leaves to lower it. This was a great thread by the way.

[TheChief]

did you have an issue with the rear having the casted saddles and the flipkit not fitting

[Jonnyspringfield]

Where did you get your kit from? I've been struggling to find anything for my '64 dually. Ultimately I'm just looking for a 3" static all the way around and eventually bag it.

[SCOTI]

Western Chassis has flip kits for 73-87 (-91 cc's) 1-tons. Might require some mod's to work on earlier stuff. For 3", you can do spindles for a 73-87 1-ton up front. The rear would require a shackle/hanger combo or shackles & removing some leafs. A flip kit would yield double that 3" drop

[Jonnyspringfield]

Perfect. Thanks so much man.