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New Chevy 2500 HD sits too low for plow

samlock

By samlock
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samlock

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I just purchased an '06 Chevy 2500 HD and the front is too low to recieve my new Western plow. I am considering picking the front end up and would appreciate any feed back.

I am considering adjusting my torsion bar but a friend of mine looking to accomplish the same thing on his GMC 2500 HD diesel took it one step further. He explained to me that the end of the torsion bar that you would adjust, actually sits in what he called a "key", supposedly there are 5 different ones available and are color coded each one having the adjustment paddle at a different degree angle. The result for my friend was a 3 inch lift with the adjustment bolts still turned all the way out and still having all the adjustment of the bolts to play with after he installed this different key.

Lastly if this is something I should consider, how do I find which of the five I should go with, I don't want Bigfoot sitting in my driveway but a good 3-4 inches wouldn' t hurt, although a great riding vehicle these trucks sit incredibly low.

I am clueless when it comes to this stuff, any info would be appreciated.

asilverblazer Senior Enthusiast

asilverblazer

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Torsion bars have the ability to raise the truck but the more they raise it the less down travel is available. This destroys the ride and the higher it is done the more destructive it becomes to the ball joints and such. If the weight of the plow is the problem you can adjust the torsion bars to bring the height back up to the factory height before the plow was added. Also too much torsion bar lift makes it impossible to align the truck.

jlsk624 Enthusiast

jlsk624

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Check out the 2500hd area of this forum, ( Green Keys ) I just put in the green keys friday, for clearance for my fisher 8 foot plow, and when I took it off the jack stands I had 3 inches of lift with placing the new torsion bar keys back in and the same amount of turns on the bolts, I ended up with lowering the front 1 inch to get truck level, also this did not ruin the ride quality, Here are the numbers for the green keys-15592573 you need 2 of these, I paid 19.77 each. Let use know how you make out.

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