Topic: Message #342006

[Revivalist]

Well I got the truck back from Marlin’s last night. . . . Rocky did an awesome job installing those air bumps. He welded some nice pedestals on the axle for strike plates. And he mounted the can low so I can have the airbumps engage right away or if I want I can just slide the airbump upward for more free travel. . . . . Here’s some pics. . .











I like the little gussest on the can too . . .





Evidently Marlin took a look under my truck and noticed that the speedo sensor was about to burn. Somehow it got routed over the exhaust heat shield. So he swapped it out for free! . . . He wouldn’t even let me pay for it. . . . . Man, he’s gotta be one of the nicest guys I know. . . . He said the speedo sensor he put in is a new part he's carrying now that uses pwm rather than the old mechanical ones. Here’s what it looks like . . .





We’re gonna hold off on tubbing the firewall until I drop the body lift. That way we only cut what is necessary. . . .

As for the add-a-leaf, I think using a leaf out of the old front packs should work. The old pack still seems to have a nice arch. . . .





I’m thinking I’ll take out the third leaf down. . . .  It’s about 19” from the center pin to the front, and 23” from the pin to the rear. . . .





Looking at the rear leaf pack on my truck, the third leaf is 21” from the center pin to the front. The leaf just below it is 18”. So if I put the add-a-leaf between those, it will end just about where my finger is . . . .





In the back, the third leaf down is 23” from the center pin to the rear. So the add-a-leaf will just end at the same place. . . .





It looks like I can still use the same U-bolts since the height of the bolts above the nuts is greater than the thickness of an extra leaf. . . . So does that seem like something that will work? . . . .

The only thing I need is a longer center pin. . . . Can I find that at a local Napa or something? . . .