This is an addition to TXST8tj's post Auto Spring 2.5" Leveling Kit Install.

He did all the real work. The front is much more technical than the rears.

This is just a reference for anyone curious.

The only issue I encountered was getting the pins to pop into place on one side. I ended up tightening everything up as best I could and drove with my breaker bar & 21mm socket until I heard it pop. Then pulled over to re-tighten the nuts. 2 people would probably make this much less of an issue.




(yay photoshop.... )

 

Sweet... but where's the photo? lol

 

I suppose that's relatively important........ Right behind the rear wheel. You can do the whole install wheels on, and truck on the floor.

Easy!

 

Rear blocks is a much easier than the jobs for sure. Congrats on your install.

 

what the hell are you talking about. where's the how to?

 

So I'm not the only one then!

From what was posted in the AS install thread I thought this was gonna be a "how-to" also for the rear lift blocks. I also don't see any pix?

 

I'm not sure what your missing. It takes all of 6 steps (including step 6... your done). It's all right there. I could have take 6 pictures, but the all would have pretty much looked the same..... so there's only 1, and it shows all the parts you need.

The fronts are semi complicated and require a more in depth tutorial.... this is 20 mins of your day. I figured why over kill it!

The finished pics will come. I think I'm going to take them today. The frozen tundra is finally receding!

 

wait is the picture missing in my post? Let me check something.

 

Sounds & looks pretty simple.
I don't think you could have explained it easier.

Some people just need a lot of photos. Sometimes I do.
My wife would say that's a man thing, bcz men don't like to read.
We like to see & touch things.

Maybe if you typed it in braille some would figure it out.

 

Muy excellente' with the pic Janos. That's pretty much what I expected you had done.

This was cornfusing me for the longest, then I finally realized you were talking about the alignment pins on one side. I take it they didn't cooperate and drop into the holes so you kept your tools handy so you could tighten everything down when they did. A lot of folks here would say that wasn't too safe, but it worked and nothing happened. I wouldn't try that again though. It'd be safer to keep everything loose and try moving the axle side to side a bit until they lined up.

I feel your pain doing the work alone, that's the way all my work is usually done.

 

It is funny how you end up jimmying things up when you work alone. This would have been a much better idea.... next time.

 

stupid question possibly: is a block lift the same as body lift?

 

nope... I was kinda wondering the same thing when I was new to supsension components... but this actually raises the leaf springs up, which is in essence a suspension lift... whereas a body lift would go between the frame and the body - if you look at the wheel well on a body lifted truck you can see the lift blocks on top of the frame.

 

i never thought about this but do you have to get the rear end re-aligned after you do this? i never worried about the rear end because its a solid axle but if i'm gonna be taking things apart maybe an alignment wouldnt be such a bad idea.

i havent added any rear blocks or anything yet btw so my alignment is ok right now.

 

That's how I knew to suggest to Janos to "wiggle" the whole axle. I lowered the front & rear suspension on my '64.5 Mustang around 8 years ago. You want to talk about components not wanting to move/line up! After being "set" for roughly 37 years it wasn't cake getting the old stuff apart or getting the new components in.

And I never specifically got the rear end on that car aligned but most of the time if you get an alignment now they do a 4 wheel (beleive they call it a "thrust") alignment.

On the F150 the axle, blocks and springs all have pins and holes to help line things up.