Help Installing Add-a-Leaf
06-15-2007, 01:04 PM
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Help Installing Add-a-Leaf
ok so i got the front part of my truck done today but i couldnt figure out how to do the back, i have an add-a-leaf with new centerpins but they are way longer than the stockers and i just couldnt figure out how to get them in with the leafs on, ive never installed one before so this is new to me, just wondering if anyone would be willing to lend a hand this weekend some time, i have some tools but i was at the hobby shop today so id prob need a place to do it as well.......willing to pay someone, dont want to ride around pre-runner style anymore.....thanks
06-15-2007, 01:58 PM
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Re: Help Installing Add-a-Leaf
cant help this wkend, but what i did was...
you have to take the leaf springs off the truck
heat the clips and bend them off.
replace the old leafs on the new center pin, and install the new leaf where it goes in the stack, according to length.
rehead the clips and bend them back on.
you have to take the leaf springs off the truck
heat the clips and bend them off.
replace the old leafs on the new center pin, and install the new leaf where it goes in the stack, according to length.
rehead the clips and bend them back on.
06-15-2007, 03:01 PM
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Re: Help Installing Add-a-Leaf
heat up what clips????? today i took everything apart and once i got the axle lowered as far as it would go down with just the brake lines attached i didnt have enough room to get the new center pin into the perch and still get it to go through the new add-a-leaf, the overload and the other to leafs that i had c-clamped together......
06-15-2007, 03:34 PM
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Re: Help Installing Add-a-Leaf
You have to take the leaf packs out (this is how most trucks are), un-clip them (if there are clips) some times you have to REMOVe a leafe, sometimes not-
Read your instructions.
Read your instructions.
06-15-2007, 05:00 PM
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Re: Help Installing Add-a-Leaf
wrong. take the leaf springs off the truck completely. put them on a bench. c-clamp on both sides of the center pin. undo the nut on one side. then hammer the bolt out. undo the c-clamps. put the add a leaf between the overload spring and the springs that are clamped together. push them back together with the c-clamps. then install the new center pin. take the clamps off. and vwaaallaaa. put the shit back on the truck. rinse lather and repeat. and ur done.
06-15-2007, 06:35 PM
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Re: Help Installing Add-a-Leaf
ok well i guess ill give it another try again tommorrow at the hobby shop, i was really close but like i said i couldnt figure out how to get the dang center pin in, i guess ill have to take them right out, thanks
06-16-2007, 05:36 AM
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Re: Help Installing Add-a-Leaf
if you are willing to take a ride out to hampton tomorrow id be more then happy to help you i got all the toold and stuff needed to finish the lift on your truck. pm me if you need the help.. have a good one.
