[Jetts]

ive searched around the site trying to find some info and or pictures of the front of an hd bagged, i know its torsion.

but cant figure out what would be the best way to do it

 

[dava flav]

take the tbars out. take out the shocks. put torsion plates above the lca against the frame. relocate teh shocks.

 

[Jetts]

hmm so basicly the same as a non hd, just use torison brackets instead of cups

 

[dava flav]

yeah. just like a reg half ton chevy nbs. if you were gonna put in torsion plates instead of cups. thats how you would do it

 

[Jetts]

ah thats easy, for some reason i was figuring it was harder

 

[dajizz]

Well you do have to make the brackets, and make them WAY beefier than a 1/2 ton. Plus the fact the front doesn't lay without either raising the upper arms or a drop spindle. The first and only time i did an HD, there were no spindles avail. Not sure if the MCG spindles work on HD? Otherwise, its st8 forward like any other bag job

 

[Jetts]

ah tight looks like no more lifted hd

 

[layinlow24]

any updates on this project??

 

[Bagd72Chevy]

Mod'd AirBarHD, and shockwaves upfront. Stock spindles, flipped BJs, with Tie rods relocated.

 

[jcfreeman0]

hey thats the truck i tried to buy on ebay a few weeks ago. Are you the guy that was selling it?

 

[Bagd72Chevy]

Nope. It was my friends truck. I didn't know he was selling it until I went by his house to pick up some yota parts and I came home with a little more. It's in really good shape other than the paint. I'll fix that as soon as the 72 is done. Sorry to whore

 

[cajundragger]

actually its harder than just putting a torsion plate in because there is no meat right there to attach it to. You'd have to build alot before you could put a plate it so that theres something to attach to, besides that its straight forward.

 

[dajizz]

That's how I did this one. But the bj's are a bitch. Gotta flip em or raise the upper

And this was done before there were drop spindles for it so it could lay lower

 

[Bagd72Chevy]

Does that one ^ lay front crossmember? Doesn't seem to tuck as much wheel.

 

[dajizz]

It didn't have drop spindles. About and inch from laying stock cross member. That's what the customer wanted/could afford

 

[Jetts]

well we did like a 3/5 on the hd with 24s doesnt look low at all

 

[Bagd72Chevy]

Pics!

I'm about to rebag mine. Going on 24's, with RE8's up front, adding a gooseneck.

 

[GCncsuHD]

well we did like a 3/5 on the hd with 24s doesnt look low at all

Was about to say nice thread dig, till I realized it was your thread :jester:

Yea 3/5 is not low at all on a HD, about an inch lower than a stock 1500 with shackles. My HD lowered 1/3 was pretty much the height of most leveled up z71s. :rofljest:

 

[jrluz14]

This is probably a dumb question, but what about the 2" body raise on the HD? Can you remove that?

 

[GCncsuHD]

This is probably a dumb question, but what about the 2" body raise on the HD? Can you remove that?

Yes/no, it would be the same as doing a body drop on any other truck, with possibly a little less cutting/clearancing of the cab floor if not a Dmax/Allison combo. Cut and weld the body mounts lower on the frame pretty much. Would have to raise the bed floor or do some framework for the bed though. The frame is taller/body mounts welded higher on the frame under the cab, and under the bed the frame is taller, resulting in the 2" body raise. Not the same as a 2" body lift with the lift pucks.