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I have a 1999 silverado reg. cab short bed 4x4 I found only one truck in the bone yard and its 2wd Extended Cab short bed, will this match up for leaf spring swap, I need to know soon as its the only truck in the yard and I don't want to lose the chance to fix my truck! THX BIG THX Jon

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Thankx, my buddy at the yard said his computer said that they are different for 80 bucks and they take them off, I think they will be better than the {W}'s I have.

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Thankx, my buddy at the yard said his computer said that they are different for 80 bucks and they take them off, I think they will be better than the {W}'s I have.

I know you're mad at me but you should not put on used springs ,,,,,, you don't know their history or what they'll be like after all that work and new U bolts and nuts you'll be putting on ..

 

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I know you're mad at me but you should not put on used springs ,,,,,, you don't know their history or what they'll be like after all that work and new U bolts and nuts you'll be putting on ..

 

Good luck

I'm not mad and I don't hold grudges. I can tell they are in far better shape than mine. The caps on the ends aren't even worn down and the bushings aren't bad looking either, I bought them already and I'm going to take some pics. and post them, b/c I have never had to change leafs springs just b/c they are "bad" lol . Somone didn't know how to treat the truck and beat up the susp. up pretty good, def. driver error. Thx Jon

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Springs worked !!!!! and I got 1.5inches higher "ladies" :) but I think the drive shaft will need rebalanced

Did the weights get knocked off?

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'think so, but there is a ding on the driveshaft, only one person in he area does an re-balance and they are 45min away can't do that now.

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Now here's the big problem. took the truck to an old friends shop, I didn't even know owned it. And he said he would spin the shaft for free to see how bad it is but doesn't think its bad and checked for play. Guess he checked the mark's and all. They build drive shafts and all so I took him at his word. But I found the Brackets holding the axle in with U bolts are or have been moving when we but the in leafs in the bottom of the axle was rubbed so bad looking that it looked like a Crank shaft bearing. I have tighten them down 2x and it still seems to have bouncing in the rearend. I don't know if the truck needs to be on the ground when tightening the bolts or if its lifted. there is diffidently something stupid and easy thats outta line in the drive line/suspension. Thx for checking back with me, if needed I can get pics.

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Just got back from a buddy's shop and he wants to put top links on the truck, the T-case (front of drive shaft) is at 10 deg. and the rear of the shaft is at 0 deg. you can see that the axle is facing down word a bit. He also wants to put angle lift blocks and take out the stock blocks to get the pinion straight again.


god I 'm sorry just saw I never posted lol I just closed the computer and had to work the weekend, sorry

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i had a 1999 Mitsubishi Montero sport that i got up to 330,000 miles...i did a lot of trailer pulling with that gal, and she suffered from it. the leaf springs were completely flat...any upgrade would of been good. so i found some in a junk yard from a wrecked montero sport and tossed them on (after i broke 2 breaker bars trying to get them off) and never regretted it...i think it ended up lifting me back up like 5-7 inches lol

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