belltech drop leafs wrong?

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  1. LeTortoise

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    Finally got a chance to put my leafs on and either belltech put the bushings on the wrong end or I'm doing something wrong... the end that is marked front has bushings for shackle bolts and the back end has bushings for the front bolts. I ordered them at different times and they're both like that! Wtf!? Anyone have a clue?
     
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    Yes mine where. I had to switch the bushings around. I found it out when I layer my stock leaf next to the belltech leaf. Do the same thing. That will show you what way and what bushings go where.
     
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    Those ding dongs. The front of a leaf pack always has the shortest distance from the little 3/8" hole in the middle of the pack to the end of the pack.
     
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    Do I have to have the bushings pressed out with a press? Frustrating!
     
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    No you can pop them out yourself. I did
     
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    There's something serious wrong with the leafs... They don't fit! They're too long or something. We had to bow them to get them to bolt up, the shackles are pushed up against the frame, the different had to slide backwards slightly which has got my carrier bearing in a bind, and the truck sits higher than it did! Am I doing something wrong! Please give me some advice cause I'm screwed without my truck! Thank you
     
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    did you buy the ones for 89-94 or the ones for 84-88?
     
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    I put in my year/make/model and that's what they said would fit. The springs say 84-95 which I thought was weird...
     
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    That's your problem. 84-88 are shorter. You need to contact your vender and tell them you got 89-95 springs. Who did you get them from?
     
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    Stylintrucks.com
     
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    Who are the best guys to order parts from?
     
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    They sent me the wrong springs two different times! That just pisses me off when companies don't care about their customers... all they see is money and as long as they get that they don't care. I ordered some notches from street tacos.com and beefedtaco was the most awesome person I've ever dealt with. If you need any parts order from him he went out of his way to help me.. too bad other companies aren't like that!
     
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    I agree 100 percent
     
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    I know for a fact the 84-88 leafs are shorter than 89-95 because not too long ago I was at Yankee72's house and we measured leafs from each year span and they were different. If I remember right, the 89-95 are about 50" long, which means the 84-88 should be about 4" shorter than that. (46" or so)

    Thanks guys!
     
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    Yeah after calling stylintrucks 5 times I finally got the order straightened out, however I had to purchase a new set of springs to get them to ship to them to me... supposedly they'll refund my previous purchase but no telling how long that'll take.
     
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    it took them like a month to refund my money for a block kit -___-
     
  17. LeTortoise

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    Yeah... I'm having the same freakin problem now! I've called them idk how many times trying to get it figured out! I just finished sending an angry e-mail because they were supposed to have refunded my money by now, they owe me $300 and it's starting to piss me off! that's the last time I order from them!
     
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    did you use paypal? or did you use a credit card? or how did you order? you may have a quicker response going through your bank or paypal explaining the situation. they'll yank the money from the transaction numbers.....
     
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    did you order new bushings? because i have a set of belltech leaves and the bushings where ruined and i cant find where to get replacements
     
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    Did this ever get resolved??

    Anyone know the best place to get the drop leafs from?
     

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