Topic: tuff-country 2.5 inch lift.

[V-Man]

   did a 2.5 inch Tuff-country lifts on the tundra. I got two things out of it. I gained 3 inchs on the front ( half inch more then expected) and lots of pics.  I went from 20 inches front 22.5 rear, to 23 front 24 rear. 

[79coyotefrg]

so post some pics 

[V-Man [OP]]

so post some pics 

 

 it's ok.    Here are the pics.

from start to finish:

[V-Man [OP]]

now the work starts:    I had to remove the castle nut and swing away the A-arm to get clearance on the drv side only. Pass. side was easy.

[V-Man [OP]]

 Now we can remove the coil-strut units.  Now the first warning        DO NOT REMOVE THE NUT AT THE CENTER OF THE TOP BRACKET ONLY BACK IT OFF.  Only remove the three nuts around the outside of the braket. The bolt at the bottom of the strut is safe to remove.   IF you remove the center nut the coil will shoot off, and do serious damage. If it hits your hand it will break every bone in it. If it hits you in the head, they'll be using the shop vac to collect your grey matter.

[V-Man [OP]]

    The tool that really helps is a shop press: compress the stut, so that you can remove the nut off the top of the stut. Then slowly allow the coil to attend to it full lengh.  remove the three small studs and the rubber spacer from the top plate. I used a hammer and vise to knock out the studs, just make a space in the vise jaws and drive the studs out with a hammer. Now install the NEW longer studs.

[V-Man [OP]]

   Now that you have the new studs in the plate add the preload spacer( on top of the plate studs go through it.) and the coil spacer( on the bottom of the plate, line up the gaps with the heads of the studs).  Back into the press to compress the coil and push the top of the stut through the plate.

[V-Man [OP]]

 With both stuts reassembled reinstall them the turck, and torque to Spec.  Now install the front diff spacers.

[V-Man [OP]]

 ya    we in to the easy part.  After you brace the rear axle with a transmission jack, and disconect  the arm for the brake value.   Remove the rear shocks from their bottom brackets, and remove the u-bolts on one side and replaces  with new u-bolts and lift block between the axle and the springs.  Do one side at at time there is nothing holding your axle if you remove both side..

[V-Man [OP]]

     Ya may want to cut the u-bolts if they are sezied.

[V-Man [OP]]

    With the lift blocks installed torque to spec. attach the new brake proportion value adpter, and the control arm

[V-Man [OP]]

 Now before you lower the truck down, double check all nuts etc, reconnect the sway bar  . then lower and put the tires back on. Lower slowly to the floor checking for problem..Your all done, now it the aliment done.