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Teraflex Leveling Kit Swaybar links too close to springs (rubs in some cases)

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Old 11-27-2011, 04:53 PM
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Here's mine... Notice the angle(shot from front). I couldn't tell from yours if it's in correctly
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Yea those coils are definitely sitting wrong some how. Get pressure off them and try to re-seat them.
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Originally Posted by scrappy
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Here's mine... Notice the angle(shot from front). I couldn't tell from yours if it's in correctly
Ya it is. Thanks for the pic. I had wondered. The directions really don't give the correct way to mount them, although I assume they think its common sense. I installed them like the stockers.
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Originally Posted by jereb83
Ya it is. Thanks for the pic. I had wondered. The directions really don't give the correct way to mount them, although I assume they think its common sense. I installed them like the stockers.
ah man, that stinks. Whenever I'm fixing something, I'm always happy when it's something easy. Good Luck with it, let us know how you end up fixing it.
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Heres an interesting newb question...should I have removed the bumpstops before installing this pucks and isolator? I see that done in other kits and even the Teraflex 2.5 BB lift. Any ideas?

...maybe not, that is if I were installing new bumpstops from teraflex.

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Originally Posted by scrappy
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Here's mine... Notice the angle(shot from front). I couldn't tell from yours if it's in correctly
Hard to tell, but it looks like your links are backwards. They need to look like the ones above - they are offset so that the bushings ends are vertical and the rod portion is angled outward from the swaybar to the axle.
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THough the angle on mine is pretty bad to compare, my are set up like the picture above.
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Originally Posted by Notakar
Hard to tell, but it looks like your links are backwards. They need to look like the ones above - they are offset so that the bushings ends are vertical and the rod portion is angled outward from the swaybar to the axle.
thanks for looking out, but that's how they are. It's a dark picture, but that's my drivers side front, taken from over the front bumper.
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Im starting to see a trend with Teraflex BB videos...loosen the lower and upper control arms and trackbar and dont retorque them until the vehicle is put back together and on the ground, tires and all. I guess I know what will be done tomorrow.
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Your vehicle is lifted so you can't compare your springs deformation to the pictures of springs bearing weight.

If you still have bow in your springs when bearing the weight of the vehicle, as one other poster said, you probably need adjustable lower control arms. Your caster is going to be off after this lift and that is the price of a budget boost. Adjustable lower control arms will fix it.


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