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Has anyone installed their own leveling kit?

Old 03-05-2010, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by GATORB8
Am I going to be OK with a standard depth 21mm 1/2" drive socket for the upper ball joint nut, or do I need a deep one?
pretty sure youll need some deep wells, i thin that you have to have deep wells for almost all of it if i remember correctly
Old 03-05-2010, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by ford4wd08
pretty sure youll need some deep wells, i thin that you have to have deep wells for almost all of it if i remember correctly
Damn, I guess that means a trip to Sears. Knowing me, I'll spend more on that trip than the front and rear autospring cost.
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deep wells are like a must have when working on any part of the truck for me, my first set had both regular and deep wells, while youre at it you might as well by a 30mm deep socket too lol if youre gonna take the strut out alot it will come in handy
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Originally Posted by ford4wd08
deep wells are like a must have when working on any part of the truck for me, my first set had both regular and deep wells, while youre at it you might as well by a 30mm deep socket too lol if youre gonna take the strut out alot it will come in handy
Yeah, I've got every deep up to 18mm, just the big 1/2" stuff I've only got in standard depth.
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Originally Posted by budismonky
4 bolts dude. 3 on top of the strut and one big one on the bottom. Git r doooone.
8 bolts if you do both sides...lol
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For anyone who is doing their install soon, Harbor Freight has a set of the Deepwall sockets (1/2" drive impacts) on sale for $20 in the store.

This set: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=34683
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Originally Posted by techrep
8 bolts if you do both sides...lol
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LOL who the hell wants to level both sides anyways!
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Originally Posted by VanoFord
I'd pay me to do it... for
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Harbor freight for tools? WTF? I can understand screw drivers and bits and what nto but not deep well impact sockets. No way. snap-on all the way.
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Originally Posted by budismonky
Harbor freight for tools? WTF? I can understand screw drivers and bits and what nto but not deep well impact sockets. No way. snap-on all the way.
I'm not a pro mechanic. An equivalent snap-on set would probably be 5 times as much. Most of my tools are Craftsman, and are definitely much higher quality than the Harbor Freight stuff, but for items with no moving parts that I'll use seldomly, I'd rather save some cash.

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