i finally revived my 6/8.5 for my 80 crew dually and will be starting the install tomorrow then heading out of town and ill get back on it Monday night ill post photos as i go im also going to put all new bushing in the front end while i got it apart i might as well and the body bushing are shot so ill be putting them in as well

i so have a few???

Carrier bearing does it need to be raised?

rear sway bar keep it or dump it?

here are the recent photos of the dually before it entered my shop to get droped

Stock carrier bearing location is fine, I say keep the sway bar. Get with Campy on what to mod to keep it.
I had to lose the sway bar because of my custom flip kit for the C&C rear and because my new deep diff. cover would have been hitting it anyway. Truck looks good.

do i need to remove any of my leaf springs? its the camper special if that matters

here are the updates for tonight










the bed bolts wasnt that hard to get out.....the gooseneck in the bolt was paint the nuts were welded to the frame which isnt a bad thing untill you add the 30yrs of rust that holds the bolt to the nuts...

here what all im putting on it

6/8.5 with the helper air bags

all new ball joint upper and lower
control arm bushing
sway bar bushing front and rear
body mount bushing

and im going to ditch the running boards so it should have a different look and hopefully ride better when im done with it

You only have to remove the top overload leaf but, I removed the lower one aswell for a better ride. Since you went with the helper bags you can probably remove more.

ill probably just do that do you still pull with yours??


update finially got all the new body bushing in after fighting with just about all of them then in next is to start on the rear

No I haven't pulled with mine. But, I might be putting my Lincoln welding machine (1,2000 lbs.) and some tools in the bed later at which point the over load leaves will be going back on and the spacers on top of the leaves will be removed to try and keep it at the same height. Luckily you have helper bags.

I did the exact same kit, removed the overloads to raise the rear a little, kept the swaybar, and trimmed a little more off the front springs to get it to sit right. Check my post on the process...

how much did you trim like 1/2 a coil

what about ur exhaust do you have to cut it before the axle?

looks good man really diggin the color on rims

thanks i wanted to stand out....

they didnt send the the bolts for the leaf spring pack or the diagram for the bolt holes on the c notch

so tonight i would have had the driver side all bolted up but i dont have the new leaft spring bolt so i guess tomorrow ill call sport truck direct and see if they overnight the bolts... im going to see if i can find some intown maybe at autozone or something like that

did anyone not get the bolt for the leaf spring in the rear?

also in the destructions it says to weld on the thing (i cant think of the name right now sry) that you put under the axle to hole the leaf spring did you guys do that?

well i got the flip kit installed to night so maybe tomorrow ill start on the c notch sorry i dont have pic ill get some to morrow night

keep up good work. ive found motivation is a beach,but when your done whoooooo wheeeeeeeeee no more step ladder too get in

sport truck direct and see if they overnight the bolts...

THATS FUNNY
Same shit happen to me in 08 I was so pissed at them... You think they would check shit befor it goes out.

whats even better is in the institutions it under the 73-87 crew cabs ect it says after removing the top over load leaf spring install the new centering pin on the leaf spring pack because the new one is shorter.....(there more to it i just summed it up)

when i called them they told me that bolt is not part of that kit only for the 88 and up

so i ended up just threading the bolt up a ways and cutting the access off


i would have photos tonight but i forgot my camera at my shop the rear is almost done just need to install the cnotch i put the shock on finished tighting everything up and installed the sway bar with alil mods

?????????I do have one ? my shock mount on the pass side is roughly 2 inch smaller then the other side so will i be bottoming that shock out first when i was looking at it i thought i put on the wrong shock but both have the same part number and the ones for the front are a diff part number than the ones i put on the rear


???????? does anyone have the part number to the rear sway bar bushing Ive went to several auto parts store and no one can find them