Those rear hangers were rough.

 

Looks awsome Dave !!! You've got to be happy now!!! Get a swaybar kit and you'll be conering like a Mo.Fo. (p.s. how much hair did you pull out and how much skin was left on the frame ?) .... hehh....hehh..

 

Thanks for the compliments!

Didn't leave much skin, but I left a bunch of cuss words. lol

Man those rivets are there to stay. Even with a air hammer, I like to have never got those things out. Spent more time on those rivets than I did doing the whole kit.

One other beef is that belltech's instructions say to torque those hanger bolts to 125lbs. The first one I tried stripped out. I had to torque them to 100 or else they would strip.

I still haven't put the rear shocks on yet, but they are next. I am getting the front end aligned tomorrow morning.

 

WOW they stripped!?!?!?! that sounds weird...the shocks suck major azz too...that top bolt is a bear! you might want the shop to do it for 50 bucks when you get your alignment....

 

how much drop was that docdave22? It looks great !!! Heres to ou and your truck.

 

I put a belltech 3/4 on my 2000 F150. I know what you mean about the rivets. I did not have any trouble going to 125lbs with mine. I would let them know. Maybe they would even like to get the stripped fastener back to analyze the failure. Could be a big liability. Might be a bad batch of fasteners, heat treat or poor source of fasteners?

Anyway, did your kit come with the alignment pieces for the camber adjustment? Mine did not, it was another $50. Not really a huge deal, but what p'd me off was that their was no reference to these parts or "extra kit" in the catalog or the instructions. I wish I had known, it would have been a whole lot easier while I had it apart to change the front coils initially. I had to take it back half way apart or so it seemed like to install these after the rest was done. Just wondering.
Darin

 

No mine did not have any reference to the alignment kit. I just happend to see it listed on a website under the kit earlier.