Bottoming out

Discussion in 'Suspension/Chassis' started by 93Yoter, Feb 10, 2011.

  1. 93Yoter

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    I'm not hitting on the nuts or on the pinch weld, I'm actually hitting a dip towards the front of the wheel well. I don't really feel like hammering the crap out of my wheel wells as this truck has quite a bit of sentimental value and is in really good shape.

    So I guess I'll try the shocks.......

    Which ones do you guys recommend: Toxic or nitro drop 2's?
     
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    You haven't touched your torsions or cut your bump stops so your shock travel distance hasn't changed. You don't need "drop shocks" (shorter shocks) until you start closing up the travel of your suspension and cut the bump stop to make more room for travel. I would just get a good quality gas shock at the stock length if you plan on leaving it at a 2" drop. The deal here is if you get decent shocks, the suspension travel distance is reduced because of the fact that its a decent working, stiffer shock. That however, doesn't mean it wont ever hit again.

    You can also massage the areas that the wheels are hitting without damaging the truck any....use a wood block against the inner fender and hit it with a BFH.
     
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    Ooops I thought u were the OP. That's what I get for skimming over threads.
     
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    Won't somebody just bust out the BFH!?!?
     
  5. Litneon

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    My bad, I forgot about the little bump in the front. If there is one on both sides, they would both be hidden by the air box on one side and the battery mount on the other.
    I hammered those in.
     
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    BFH includes...
    Whole wheel well.
    the dip where the airbox and battery are at.

    I think that's really the ONLY place that rubs lately. it's all bare metal lol

    Do what Lit said, hammer her in.



    I spent a whole day hammering everything in! pinch welds are the easy part.
     
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    Use a rubber mallet, a deadblow hammer, or a wooden block. On my old 92 I folded the pinch over, and beat the front of the inners in. Throw some black paint over everything when you're done. If it hits and gets shiney again, hit it some more. I kept doing this on my 78 til it stopped rubbing. And its stupid low. For your case, you're gonna have to hit that inner. Even if its seen, it won't be as bad as mine :LOL:

    Heres my old 92. I rolled the front fenders, and bed lips. And hammered the inners all in. Its not seen, and the truck never rubbed after that.
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