Leveling Good Or Bad?

Bull-Dogg · April 7, 2009

So guys around my area keep telling me if i level my sierra its going to mess things up and it will screw up my ball joints and various other things.

I just ordered a leveling kit from ccm offroading , I got the torsion keys for my truck.

But before i get someone to install them, I really want to know what it could do to my truck as far as wear and tear?

BuckFeverZ · April 7, 2009

You should've just cranked the torsion bars with your stock keys. Those aftermarket kits just allow you to over-crank your torsion bars which will cause front end component failure. Stick with just 1.5" of lift and you should be fine.

Zembonez · April 7, 2009

Leveling is not bad. Overdoing it can cause problems but cranking the tbars for a little lift isn't going to hurt the truck.

Bull-Dogg · April 7, 2009

when i was under my vehicle looking at the current torsion bars and keys, the driver side Nut was alot tighter then the passengers side Nut, is this common, that's kinda why i ordered the keys but if i don't need them i will just re sell them on ebay

07cliffordreddog · April 8, 2009

I don't know about the tightness of the nuts being common, but torsion bar cranks are very common. I did it on my 02 Avalanche. I didnt overdo it tho, as previously stated, that could cause problems. I cranked mine to get about an inch or so of lift and it stayed like that til I traded it over 45000 miles later and never encountered a problem.

2000DV4.8 · April 8, 2009

when i was under my vehicle looking at the current torsion bars and keys, the driver side Nut was alot tighter then the passengers side Nut, is this common, that's kinda why i ordered the keys but if i don't need them i will just re sell them on ebay

It is 100% normal. I'd try to crank your OEM keys first, before installing the re-indexed keys. If you stay at about 1.5" or less (no matter which keys you use), you should be completely fine, though your ride will stiffen some.

Bull-Dogg · April 9, 2009

when i was under my vehicle looking at the current torsion bars and keys, the driver side Nut was alot tighter then the passengers side Nut, is this common, that's kinda why i ordered the keys but if i don't need them i will just re sell them on ebay

It is 100% normal. I'd try to crank your OEM keys first, before installing the re-indexed keys. If you stay at about 1.5" or less (no matter which keys you use), you should be completely fine, though your ride will stiffen some.

hey man, what size tires are you running

JoshRDavis.84 · April 10, 2009

when i was under my vehicle looking at the current torsion bars and keys, the driver side Nut was alot tighter then the passengers side Nut, is this common, that's kinda why i ordered the keys but if i don't need them i will just re sell them on ebay

It is 100% normal. I'd try to crank your OEM keys first, before installing the re-indexed keys. If you stay at about 1.5" or less (no matter which keys you use), you should be completely fine, though your ride will stiffen some.

hey man, what size tires are you running

I am pretty sure Dan runs 285s

2000DV4.8 · April 10, 2009

265/75R16. Nobody believes it, but it's true.

Best, most recent shot I have that shows tire size. Kinda dark though.

Bull-Dogg · April 15, 2009

so i went back under my truck today to get a good look at the bolts on the torsion keys, is it possible that a shorter bolt was used on the drivers side because the drivers side bolt looks like it doesn't have much room to go where as the passenger side has at least 1/2 inch left to tighten.

My truck is going in on Friday for new tires, the leveling and alignment. but i want to make sure it can still be done!

2000DV4.8 · April 15, 2009

so i went back under my truck today to get a good look at the bolts on the torsion keys, is it possible that a shorter bolt was used on the drivers side because the drivers side bolt looks like it doesn't have much room to go where as the passenger side has at least 1/2 inch left to tighten.

My truck is going in on Friday for new tires, the leveling and alignment. but i want to make sure it can still be done!

Like I said before, it is completely normal for one bolt to be tightened further than the other for the truck to sit level. My truck was like that, and I've actually never seen a truck that wasn't like that.