another busy weekend

[exosteve]

fitting these:D
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?

[Fez_uk]

Makeitfit does a upgraded steering kit, A must for 33s.

[elty001]

not much good to you sat on kitchen table mate:lol:lol
get them fitted on mate:thumb2

[exosteve]

not much good to you sat on kitchen table mate:lol:lol
get them fitted on mate:thumb2

not got spring compressor or a big enough jack:doh

looks like I will be at yours on sunday:bow

[Fez_uk]

If your changing shocks just drop the axle down a bit and pop the springs in.

[exosteve]

+3" springs will need compressing I think:nenau

[Banshee]

If your changing shocks just drop the axle down a bit and pop the springs in.

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?

[elty001]

remove bottom shocker bolt then jack up as high as you can on the chassis and the springs should drop out.

[Banshee]

remove bottom shocker bolt then jack up as high as you can on the chassis and the springs should drop out.

Legend :thumb2

trust it to start raining on the way home :doh

I will not be deterred :p

[elty001]

It's dry under the truck:thumb2

[elty001]

fitting these:D
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.

[RCMike]

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).

[elty001]

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).

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

[R1cho]

same with me, just took off arb, and shocks and the old ones fell out

[makeitfit]

Spring compressors :eek: 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 :D
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 :cool:

[elty001]

Spring compressors :eek: 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 :D
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 :cool:

looks like I will be bringing you some parts to mod on the wales meet in june then:D:D

[R1cho]

while you have the arb unbolted may i suggest,,,,,,,,,throw it away :lol

[elty001]

while you have the arb unbolted may i suggest,,,,,,,,,throw it away :lol

mine was designed not to be refitted with shear bolts:lol:lol

[Banshee]

Did mine last night, dropped the shock, upper support and ARB (now binned) and out they dropped

No more rattle an low revs

:jump:jump:jump:grouphug:grouphug:grouphug:grouphu g

[exosteve]

arb removal was one of my first jobs last year:D

[Banshee]

arb removal was one of my first jobs last year:D

makes a massive massive difference to articulation!!!!

[RCMike]

Spring compressors :eek: 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:

Dunno if my original shocks had been replaced with LWB ones before i changed them, or if the SWB is different (the rear of the truck was actually quite high anyway) but they wouldn't come out on their own. I put moderate weight on the wheel hub, but I didn't fancy standing/jumping on it to force it lower than it wanted to go.

[RCMike]

Dunno if my original shocks had been replaced with LWB ones before i changed them, or if the SWB is different (the rear of the truck was actually quite high anyway) but they wouldn't come out on their own. I put moderate weight on the wheel hub, but I didn't fancy standing/jumping on it to force it lower than it wanted to go.

Also, i did one side at a time (i.e. shock still connected on the opposite side) rather than both sides together - maybe that would have made a difference?

[R1cho]

Also, i did one side at a time (i.e. shock still connected on the opposite side) rather than both sides together - maybe that would have made a difference?

yes it would have made a huge difference

[RCMike]

yes it would have made a huge difference

Ahh, right - good to know for the future:thumb2 - i won't make that mistake again.