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05-08-2006, 04:59 AM

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Buggy Leafs

Next cut them an inch or so behind the center pin hole & remove the center pin. An angle grinder with a cut off disc works well. I find that some painters tape for a guidline makes for an easy straight cut...

Clean them up & prep. them...

Then paint them...

Next up is to place a jack under the differential & remove the top pins from the shackles. To remove the pins, loosen the nuts & turn them out until they are flush with the end of the bolt then beat it out. I used a rubber mallet & gave it a couple good smacks. After that its time to remove the rear spring hanger & the bumpstop...

After removing them clean the area up, prep them, & then of coarse paint it...

A C-clamp works well for setting the buggy leafs, when I did mine I tried to get the U-bolts close to directly above the ones on the axle. (stock Toy U-bolts work well for the buggy leafs) A warning though without a 2" body lift tightening the U-bolts will be a real PITA & you will either have to cut them down about an inch or space them...

Make sure you raise & lower the axle once you have the one buggy leaf mocked up so that you can make sure you have a descent shackle angle when the leafs are laying flat on the frame. (45 degrees is what is recommended)

Much better...

Side note: Don't for get to grease the bushings when you re-insert bolts. A nice little upgrade is the greaseable bolts from Trail-Gear. Also You will need to extend your breakline due to all the travel.

So far I'm happy with the results but I think I am going to remove one of the two leafs from the buggy pack so that they have a little more flex.

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05-08-2006, 05:32 AM

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Pics of the articulation in action?

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05-08-2006, 06:52 AM

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Pics of the articulation in action?

Flexed a little with the Hi-Lift...

It has a little more drop than that but like I said they seem a little stiff. I'm gonna work them a little more & if they don't soften up some I'm going to remove the second leaf. I haven't gotten a chance to get any action shots yet, the brakes are still ˟˟˟˟ed up...

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