I am swapping out the stock rear springs with All Dogs. Itās a simple switch but Iāve run into an issue with the sway bar link.
As you can see in the attached video, the nut seems to be rusted to the bolt and the whole bolt is turning when I try to remove the nut.
I could try to loosen it with...
Rental spring compressors work. I used them. The first side took 2-3 hours to disassemble, swap out, and reassemble. The other side took 30 minutes. Have some beer on hand and a full afternoon - you'll be fine.
Luckily the rears look a lot easier to swap out.
Just purchased the All Dog rear coil springs - already have the fronts installed. Will update once I get the rears put in. Getting them to restore rake and also eliminate current sag when towing.
This. Look at Google reviews, stop by the shop to see their work.
That said, I did all that and went with seemingly the best pick...and it's been not that great of an experience. Truck has been back in 3 or 4 times to get stuff fixed. It's still not perfect, but it's close enough.
On the flip...
Also having this issue. Both when towing a 1200lb trailer or just traveling forest roads while not towing anything and nothing in the bed.
I havenāt had it overheat and go into limp mode because Iāve stopped or just monitored it closely.
When not towing, do you have any additional weight (skid plates, etc.) added or is it stock? How's the ride? I have about 300lbs of weight added (skid plates and rock sliders), mostly toward the front. I am worried if I put new springs in the rear, it'll make the ride uncomfortable when not towing.
Front and rear? I have the Alldogs springs in the front...considering doing the same for the rear, or air bags - to prevent sag when towing my teardrop trailer. Any additional weight? Apologies if I asked you this in another thread.
Now considering air bags. However, I have seen comments that when the truck is raised on a jack, that can cause the air bags to tear/separate because they're mounted to both the frame and the axle. And when the axle is allowed to fully droop (either jacked up or off-roading), the air bags can't...
I did the whole truck. Expensive but Iām running tight trails and if you look at this paint wrong, it gets scratched.
I ran a trail this last weekend that had some painful screeching as branches/limbs ran down the side of the truck. Washed it the following day to see if there was any damage...
Not sure how to answer that. I got an alignment afterwards and it was pretty far off pre-alignment. Itās fine now. Anything specific youāre looking for?
I replaced the front springs with All Dogs Front Lift Coil Springs a couple months ago - very happy with those results. The added weight from steel rock sliders and steel skid plates had caused a bit of sag and I was feeling the front bottoming out often, prior to the switch to All Dogs in the...
Could you measure from ground to bottom of fender in both front and rear? And also comment on if you've added any weight to the truck (skid plates, sliders, etc.)?
I installed the front springs but still have stock in rear. Leaning toward also doing the rears. Right now I have about a 0.5"...