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KORE Chase suspension

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37" tires and 4:10 rear end with 6speed

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How-a-bout I-15 between Barstow and Baker going to MM06? When they say "bump" they mean it, and the KORE suspension can really get you into trouble!!! (YOU track straight but have to keep an eye out for the folks who riccochet off [at 80 mph] in ANY given direction!) :D The _/ sign (lanes of unequal height) headed West has lead to a bunch of rubber on the road too.

Greg
 
Barstow! Lived there from 54 to 74. Wife and all 3 kids were born in Barstow. Yeah, the roads in Calif suck just about everywhere, when i was young you knew when you were back in CA because the roads here were the best. Amazing that now it's the reverse. At least with the Kore I can control the truck enough to dodge the loonies.
 
So I added the Chase this weekend.

After work on Friday I busted my butt to get the rear done. About 4 hours by myself. The first spring pack was a PITA but the second was easy.



My driveway has a steep pitch so I backed up it, dropped into 4hi, pulled forward and backed back up again. A block of wood and a large weight distributing hitch were my wheels chocks.

I was a little paranoid about the possibility of the truck rolling of the stands.



I modified one spring at a time, the driver's side is tough because the axle doesn't want to drop far enough due to the e-brake cable.

A trick is to pull the center pins and put one of them in the spring thru the top to help align the springs to be added.



By 8 pm I was done with the rear.

Saturday morning woke up really sore, all the squatting, weight and rush to get done before nightfall.



About three hours with the help of a buddy. The extra help really ... ... ..... really helped. I'm sure the time would have doubled if I was alone... ... ... ..... and sore.

One trick here is to get the springs in, throw a scissor jack between the new bump-stop and bump-stop strike plate and force them apart by hand. The floor jack under the opposite lower link mount. The scissor jack becomes a fulcrum point spreading the spring seats further apart.



The test run on a speed bump (12" high and 2' long) riddled street proved well worth the effort. I drive by the seat of my pants and you can feel the road and the increased control of the Chase. Very nice set-up Oo.
 
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