Spacers removal for lowering rear end

Spacers removal for lowering rear end

05-06-2004, 10:28 PM

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GerryDrake

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Spacers removal for lowering rear end

Investigating whether to remove the spacers under the rear springs on my 03 dually 4x4. I NEED to lower it for towing !

It appears that when you do, the removal of the upper bolt that the brake caliper slides on will be impeded, making brake work a lot harder.

I'm curious if any of you have removed the spacers and done any work on the brakes. It appears you should be able to remove the whole caliper assembly to do R & R on the brakes, but has anybody actually done it ?...

This first pic show the "upper caliber bolt" that would be blocked when the springs are dropped, and the "caliper removal bolt" ( one of two) that appears would allow removal of the entire caliper.

Next shows the springs raised with the spacers ready to be removed. (from Matt400's pix)

And... the spacers removed and the bolts through the spring sets, ready to be set back down on the axle.

Thanks to Ken Lenger for posting the pix, and Matt for his pix.

Anybody experienced this ? Gerry

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