Re: How to Lower Your 1972-1993 Dodge Pickup
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Awesome job! Questions: how many inches drop to the axle flip yield? Are those shock mount plates the original ones from the truck or did you have to use different ones? Are using drop shackels in addition to this or doing just the axle flop?
The axle flip dropped my truck right at 6" in the rear. The shock plates are the original ones to the truck. They were clamped to the bottom of the axle. They clamped to the leaf springs just fine despite the fact they are made to clamp to an axle. I just moved the axle on top of the leafs. I didn't use any other method of lowering.
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Re: How to Lower Your 1972-1993 Dodge Pickup
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04/16/11 05:24 PM
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Just looking at your springs . Do you have 5 leafs & a helper spring on the bottom , or is there 2 helper springs there . I also would like to lower mine after it comes back from the body shop . My front is down , just need to do the back .
There are 5 leafs on each side.
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Re: How to Lower Your 1972-1993 Dodge Pickup
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04/17/11 09:26 AM
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Are you planning to weld the perches to the axle?
Yes. I welded one side yesterday before I ran out of time. I'll try to do the other today.
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Re: How to Lower Your 1972-1993 Dodge Pickup
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04/17/11 12:05 PM
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Are you planning to weld the perches to the axle? Im glad to here the shock plates can still be used instead of hitting the jy fo car ones but I still might
You can use the stock plates, but will begin to squeak over time because the plate isn't located to te center pin on te spring. I did this same thing on the first one that I lowered over 20 or more years ago. I drag raced mine & made the axle slide forward on the springs because it was only located on one side of the pin.
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Re: How to Lower Your 1972-1993 Dodge Pickup
[Re: BulletBob]
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You can use the stock plates, but will begin to squeak over time because the plate isn't located to te center pin on te spring. I did this same thing on the first one that I lowered over 20 or more years ago. I drag raced mine & made the axle slide forward on the springs because it was only located on one side of the pin.
I wouldn't think the axle would move at all with it all being clamped together with the U-bolts and the spring perches being located by the center pins. I guess I'll weld a centering plate to the spring side of the shock plates.
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Re: How to Lower Your 1972-1993 Dodge Pickup
[Re: 76dodgeboy]
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04/18/11 10:00 PM
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Re: How to Lower Your 1972-1993 Dodge Pickup
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04/24/11 06:13 PM
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You can use the stock plates, but will begin to squeak over time because the plate isn't located to te center pin on te spring. I did this same thing on the first one that I lowered over 20 or more years ago. I drag raced mine & made the axle slide forward on the springs because it was only located on one side of the pin.
The squeaking already started and I haven't put any miles to speak of on the truck yet. I welded this one up today. I used that factory centering piece that was on top of the leaf springs. I cut the tab off and ground down the edges so it would fit flush.
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