How do I lift my truck w/ torsen bars?

[Corey68]

I have a '03 Serria Denali and wanted to raise the front to match the rear height. How is this accomplished? What steps are involved? How many times do I turn them?

 

Thanks guys

[sonjaab]

Corey....You do have a 4-wd right? You do know where the torsion bar adj. bolts

are located right?

 

OK....jack up the front of your truck some to take off weight. Makes it easier to turn them.....

 

Turn them clockwise to raise

Counterclockwise to lower.

 

Drop truck back down to measure to make sure height is the same on both sides.

Adjust if necessary....

 

Remember if ya raise too much...have a alignment done.....

The most lift your gonna get is 2-3 inches.

Mark each bolt head and mark crossmember and remember how many turns

you made on each in case ta wanna set it back to stock.

 

I do this every winter to raise my front end up some when is strap on my snow-

plow for more ground clearance........................geo

[Corey 68]

Awesome man, thanks for the info.

[rado]

Could I do the same with my 00' Sierra Ex. Cab 2wd?

[BDBWTE]

Could I do the same with my 00' Sierra Ex. Cab 2wd?

Although I'm not 100% I believe you have coil springs in the front of your truck. My knowledge of 2wd trucks is limited. If you do have torsen bar front suspension then yes you can tighten the adjustment bolt on the indexing cam to raise the front of your truck. If not I'm not sure if you can get new spindles to raise your truck, add coil spacers, air bags, or new coils themselves. I'm not 100% but I know that someone else on this forum will just ask.

[mark w]

the 2000s have coil springs. the easiest and most effective way to raise it is by spindles. Fabtech makes a good kit. If you want to go 3" the spindles are all you need, they also have a 7" kit now which adds upper control arm, new springs and the shocks as well as blocks in the rear. I had a 2000 ext cab that I put this kit. I started with the spindles and later added the rest of the kit. From my experience I should have stopped with the spindles. With just the spindles the truck road just like stock, but the front and the rear were the same height. After putting the rest of the kit on, I started getting vibrations in the drive train and more slop in the front suspension then I would have liked. With the spindles you can fit 265s without any trimming and it looks pretty good.

 

hope that helps

[rado]

Thank you for all your help.. I really appreciate it..

[dukbludvl]

FYI - the 2wd SUVs (Yukon, Hoe, Burb, XL) have torsion bar front suspensions (at least my 2wd Yukon does, and others have said their's do too). I located the bolts to crank mine about mid-way between the wheels, but I haven't done it yet. I kind of like the raked look, but if I put 285s on it (I have stock 265/70 R16 Firestones now), I might raise them up if I need to. Anyone else with a 2wd Yukon who has put 285s on? Please PM me to let me know what adjustments etc. you had to make to get them to fit and to let me know what kind you got and how you like them.