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2" RC Lower to 2.5" Motofab Upper Leveling Kit

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I finally decided to order the motofab leveling kit for the upper strut.  I am worried I am going to get everything off and not be able to turn the strut 180 but other than that it should be fairly easy I hope.  I have asked before awhile back but has anyone had to turn their strut or installed this kit?

 

Also I am removing a 2" lower strut kit and it was aligned when i had that installed but will i need to align again for the additional .5" of lift?

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I also removed a rough country bottom spacer & installed the 2.5 Moto fab top mount front spacer on my 20 Sierra Crew Cab. I liked that you didn't have to disassemble and rotate  the strut 180 degrees although you will rotate the whole assembly with the spacer installed. I had a hard time getting the lower mounting tab angle (caused by rotating the strut) from the strut twisted around to get the bolts threaded in on the first side. The angle of the tabs ends up flipped in the opposite direction after mounting the top spacer. When I did the opposite side I used a large adjustable wrench to twist the bar angle to the opposite side to get the bolts aligned. Went together much easier when installing the strut then. i did have it aligned again.

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2 hours ago, Vmax08 said:

I also removed a rough country bottom spacer & installed the 2.5 Moto fab top mount front spacer on my 20 Sierra Crew Cab. I liked that you didn't have to disassemble and rotate  the strut 180 degrees although you will rotate the whole assembly with the spacer installed. I had a hard time getting the lower mounting tab angle (caused by rotating the strut) from the strut twisted around to get the bolts threaded in on the first side. The angle of the tabs ends up flipped in the opposite direction after mounting the top spacer. When I did the opposite side I used a large adjustable wrench to twist the bar angle to the opposite side to get the bolts aligned. Went together much easier when installing the strut then. i did have it aligned again.

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How hard was turning the strut?

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Once the spacer is installed on the strut the three new mounting studs in the spacer are 180  degrees from the originals.

This stud pattern . ' .  to this stud pattern ' . '   so you just spin the strut assembly 180 degrees to get the top studs to ling up again. What this does is reverse the angle on the bottom mounting bar with the two bolts & clips. With the strut on the floor I used a large adjustable to twist the bar to the opposite direction. 

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12 minutes ago, Vmax08 said:

Once the spacer is installed on the strut the three new mounting studs in the spacer are 180  degrees from the originals.

This stud pattern . ' .  to this stud pattern ' . '   so you just spin the strut assembly 180 degrees to get the top studs to ling up again. What this does is reverse the angle on the bottom mounting bar with the two bolts & clips. With the strut on the floor I used a large adjustable to twist the bar to the opposite direction. 

Ahhh thought you had to actually compress the strut most of the time and turn the inner part or something.

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