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Makeitfit does a upgraded steering kit, A must for 33s.
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not much good to you sat on kitchen table mate:lol:lol
get them fitted on mate:thumb2
get them fitted on mate:thumb2
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not got spring compressor or a big enough jack:doh
looks like I will be at yours on sunday:bow
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If your changing shocks just drop the axle down a bit and pop the springs in.
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+3" springs will need compressing I think:nenau
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I'm doing this tonight, I'm binning my damaged rattly SWB springs and fitting LWB springs.
Is it just a case of removing the bottom shock bolt and the diagonal upper link and slipping the old spring out and new spring in?
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remove bottom shocker bolt then jack up as high as you can on the chassis and the springs should drop out.
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It's dry under the truck:thumb2
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fitting these
what else do I need do before I fit 33s?
more power I know. got a few ideas here.
steering beef up? how?
anything else?
I have got my old draglink just looking at makeitfits post and trying to get my head around what's involved.
When i did my +2" shocks i still had to use spring compressors.
Chassis jacked up high, both wheels off, ARB disconnected, Panhard disconnected, shocks disconnected and i still couldn't get the old springs off without compressing.
(i hate spring compressors).
Chassis jacked up high, both wheels off, ARB disconnected, Panhard disconnected, shocks disconnected and i still couldn't get the old springs off without compressing.
(i hate spring compressors).
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I removed rear bottom shock bolt,removed rear wheel.jacked up as high as I could,pressed down on the axle with my foot and out came the old spring.
had to compress the +3 springs a bit to get them back in but didn't have to strip down all the axle to get them off:nenau:nenaumust just be lucky:lol:lol
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same with me, just took off arb, and shocks and the old ones fell out
Spring compressors 
get out of here :lol
As above, just undo the stupid ARB . Then drop the panhard rod. Bin the socks and out drop da coils :thumbs
Just mind the brake flexi pipes though. You can undo the flexi pipe holder on the trailing arm for plenty of room.
Steering mods defo
You'll need a s/h steering box to butcher, er I mean , trim :sly
I can mod the drag link and steering arms for you
get out of here :lolAs above, just undo the stupid ARB . Then drop the panhard rod. Bin the socks and out drop da coils :thumbs
Just mind the brake flexi pipes though. You can undo the flexi pipe holder on the trailing arm for plenty of room.
Steering mods defo
You'll need a s/h steering box to butcher, er I mean , trim :sly
I can mod the drag link and steering arms for you
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Spring compressors
As above, just undo the stupid ARB . Then drop the panhard rod. Bin the socks and out drop da coils :thumbs
Just mind the brake flexi pipes though. You can undo the flexi pipe holder on the trailing arm for plenty of room.
Steering mods defo
You'll need a s/h steering box to butcher, er I mean , trim :sly
I can mod the drag link and steering arms for you
looks like I will be bringing you some parts to mod on the wales meet in june then
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while you have the arb unbolted may i suggest,,,,,,,,,throw it away :lol
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mine was designed not to be refitted with shear bolts:lol:lol
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Did mine last night, dropped the shock, upper support and ARB (now binned) and out they dropped
No more rattle an low revs
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No more rattle an low revs
:jump:jump:jump:grouphug:grouphug:grouphug:grouphug
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arb removal was one of my first jobs last year
