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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by fourpointseven
If your going to tighten up the keys people remember, be on a plain ground(level) and turn one then the other the same amount. you dont want one side of your truck higher then the other. Also, by doing this the more you tighten the stiffer your ride will be.
Not exactly true. By saying turn the bolts equal amounts, you are basically saying the two bars have exactly the same spring rate! Sorry, but they don't. Turning them the same amount is a good starting point, but then you'll have to level out the truck side to side. The best thing to do is measure from the ground to the same point on the truck on both sides and adjust each side accordingly. Also, don't be surprised if the bars settle some and you have to go back and to it again in 4-6 months.

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But for my question, I have put the rear blocks in and the keys and found that i cannot achieve the same height as the front as the rear. I know that my truck always looked bigger in the rear but i figured this as a levling kit would you know, level the front. but i got the new keys installed and cranked but im still looking lower in the front. But the truck has heightned up nonetheless. anyway to actually level out the front?? im kinda dazzled
Well it is a "leveling kit"... for a stock height rear. If you put blocks in the back the rear is no longer stock height.
 
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 05:53 PM
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Yeah, True point. I forgot to mention the other part.. I took a mesuring tape to the top of the fender to the center of the axel hub. Worked but i cranked the torsion keys and ended up with a stiffer ride then expected. But my tires do have 35f/lbs which doesn't help.

I Don't understand, before i bought the product it said 2" rear block and a 2"-3" torsion key raise to level out with the rear. I thought that Inch difference would have plained out. My next step is to get a friend of mine to mill the block down maybe an Inch.. havn't decided yet the truck looks fine so i dont think i'll screw with it.

P.s - the kit came with 2" blocks/2-3"Keys.. Figured it would lvl out with that extra 1" in the front.
 

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