Canadian Nissan Truck Club

Spring cleaning....what a mess! All good now though. I think I will take a wire brush and crawl underneath at some point with some rust paint. I am a proactive type when it comes to rust, I don't like it to spread.

The Hellwig 550 helper springs come with hardware. It was all tossed after we took it off. The u bolts were bent and the threads ruined and the underplate was also bent. I kind of want to give them another chance, just having a problem locating a place to just buy the hardware.

So it seems the Hellwig Helper Springs were too tight. They were tightened while the wheels were off the ground and was the reason they were over-torqued. We took them off, put the shackle up to 2" and put the 5100's back in and the banging noise is now gone.

the x kid wrote:You probably just hit a racoon or skunk. That's what happens when you live out in the boonies.

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Both my sway bars are off, so it is definitely not that.

I think it is the LSD doing that. There is a lesser known clunk sound with these trucks that occurs when cruising on the hwy. It feels like a mix of the traction control grabbing and stepping on the accelerator. It seems to occur if you go a constant speed for a while and then let go of the gas or g...

Not sure if the stockers with the lift would be a good idea. They will likely max out too early (if you can stretch them long enough to get them on). Agreed, but for now I am not going offroad or flexing so it's ok. So today we took some measurements. Stock 4600 Bilsteins are: Collapsed Length: 13....

Also double check your swaybar end links. I've seen them make a bang/rattle noise, even if there isn't any visual play in the ball/socket If it's coming from the shocks, and they are indeed bottoming out, you will very quickly destroy the valving inside the shock. I took my sway bar off last year. ...

Also keep in mind that the bump stop has a bit if squish. For polly bumps you ideally want them about 3/4" longer than the available chrome shaft on the shock. On a side note, have you considered cutting the boot off? In Ontario they serve to hold contaminants and water against the shaft causi...

The 4 1/4 is from the eyelet at static ride height, in reality there is maybe 2 inches there left to compress into the shock body when I hit a bump which isn't enough to dampen either and it bottoms out before the bumpstop gets hit by the axle. It looks a bit counter-intuitive until you realize that...

Sounds like they're too short. To be clear, the shocks are not over extending (ie. like when you go into a deep rut), the shocks are bottoming out on compression (ie. like when you go over a speed bump). There is not enough shaft length to buffer the compression and the length is also shorter than ...

Also note no contact marks on the bumpstop!!

I don't have time or the tools to do as you mentioned right now. Maybe this weekend if I can drag Adam out to his parent's place to help me. http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r634/PhullD/Rear%20Shock_zpss42to1bg.jpg http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r634/PhullD/Bumpstop%20length_zpsx72p35xo.jpg ...

I recently put in an AAL and got about 1.5 inches of lift and then had a PRG shackle set to 1.5 inches. So my total lift is approximately 3", maybe a tad more. I ordered 3-4 inch shocks. In order to put them on, I had to compress the shock quite a bit even after I dropped the axle. Something di...

Look it up, I did and was unsure why they designed them that way.

The GM liquid cooled ones are not sealed either. Apparently my alternator was fine, my battery needed to be charged but everything tested right, no parasitic losses. Not sure why my battery wasn't getting fully recharged though.

The Rugged rocks one is expensive for sure and is not sealed, it is just waterproof. The coils can still accumulate mud and dust. After the bracket and initial cost for the rad, basically your cost should the alternator ever go bad is just to replace it (in theory less likely to happen now) and mayb...

If you have a Nissan truck, your alternator is in the worst possible position for offroading. It is not uncommon for people to be on their 3rd or 4th alternator after 10 years of ownership. Greg and I have looked at the options, and relocation is a no-go for several reasons. We did however find an g...

Haha snafu yours was built on a Friday!

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