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Fab #3 Chevy Spring Swap

A common modification to the Toyota pu and 4Runner is swapping to Chevy half ton springs in the rear. These springs improve articulation and will give a 3" lift over the stock springs.

Since the new springs are longer than stock we will need to weld on a new spring hanger 11" forward of the stock location. For the rear shackle mount there are a few options, we went with an adjustable buggy leaf allowing us to adjust both the amount of axle droop afforded by the buggy and the shackle angle.

WORK PERFORMED
While we were messing with the rear axle we did a u-bolt flip and laid the shocks down. Welded new spring hangers, fabbed 8" eye to eye shackles from .25" plate, welded on lower shock mounts to axle tube, fabbed upper shock mount out of .25" plate and welded into place. Grinded off old spring hangers. Rory had already grinded off the rear shackle mounts and installed the buggy leaf.

After all was said and done we did the fork lift test and was able to lift the rear 25" before the front tire started to lift. There would have been more lift in the rear but the stiff front springs wouldn't compress enough and the short rear axle was allowing the tires to hit the frame. Both of those negative aspects will be addressed in the future!

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