Recent content by Tonys

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Well I definitely appreciate your knowledge, and I apologize I was having a really rough day as temperatures hit 100° here

I’m sorry man if I have upset you or pissed you off in some manner, I haven’t had a chance to read any of the previous stuff as I just found this forum about four days ago and I’m sorry before I post again I will make sure that I’m up to speed so not to upset you most of the things I have done I...

Thx I will do that

Added two hockey pucks I’m going to have to add one more I think

I’ve got an extended set for 2 1/2 inch lift I think that I’m going to have to grind out the center portion however on the bottom to compensate for the grease cert On the control arm so I don’t bust it off

Unfortunately I don’t think those are available anymore at least that’s what I’m finding

Well fingers crossed lol hoping that it never comes to that but if it does lesson learned lol,, thankfully the only skyjacker part I used was the top bracket which was actually pretty well-built for the most part but we will see

There are also a couple of pretty good YouTube videos that document the whole process but patience and not getting frustrated While doing the job is the key on those trust me

The valve covers are difficult as I have done both sides do yourself a favor first of all get the good gaskets so you won’t have to do it again take your time and don’t be in a rush it’s absolutely not that difficult it looks harder than it is just take your time!

I think that possibly I have pictures of the old skyjacker kit that I had I’ll see if I can find them so that I can show you the top mount but it’s easily a 3 inch difference from the standard mount

So I am at 21 1/2 inches from the center of the wheel hub to the outer portion of the fender, and yes you are probably right on the pre-loading factor however I used a different top mount one off of the skyjacker lift that was given to me prior so the upper mount cup instead of being extruded is...