- 1). Prepare your truck to be lowered. Park your truck on a flat surface, engage the emergency brake and place the chocks around your front tires.
- 2). Jack the back end of your truck. Put jack stands under your truck.
- 3). Release the jack. The springs will drop, fully extending. Support the axle with the jack once the springs have fully extended.
- 4). Remove the nuts from the u-bolts. Remove the shocks' top and bottom bolts. Remove the shocks.
- 5). Remove the shock absorbers that were held in place by the bolts from Step 4. Remove the rest of the shock assembly from the axle.
- 6). Jack up the axle. Place the lowering block between the truck's axles and leaf springs. Ensure the lowering blocks' tabs are located in the leaf springs' holes while the axle's stock tab fits into the blocks' tabs.
- 7). Screw the new u-bolts onto the axle. Replace the lower plate. Torque the new nuts so they are secured onto the u-bolts.
- 8). Install the new shock absorbers. Ensure that you install the new shocks' lower ends on both sides.
- 9). Remove the jack stands and put them aside. Lower the jack until the truck is returned to the ground.
- 10
Remove the wheel chocks from the front tires. Place the wheel chocks around the back tires. - 11
Jack up the truck's front. Retrieve the jack stands and place them under the front end of the truck. - 12
Put the open end wrench around the nut located around the bolt that holds the torsion bar in place. Use the socket wrench to unscrew the bolts that hold the torsion bar in place. - 13
Adjust the bolt to the left with the socket wrench. Continue to loosen the bolt until the truck is lowered as far as you desire. - 14
Remove the jack stands from underneath the front end of the truck and put them away. Jack the car down until it is lowered to the ground. Put the jack away.
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