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Old 06-26-2022, 07:44 PM   #1
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If you are making your own lift kit, be sure to take careful measurements of the bolt holes. Use a drill press to drill the holes in your square tubing and it's pretty hard to get the alignment wrong actually. Just don't elongate the original holes. If those holes are already elongated, then alignment marks are crucial.

Be sure to get the correct length grade 8 bolts and nuts. I recommend double nutting. When you get done, drive it around a few miles then torque the bolts again. I even went as far as to put 3/4" steel pipe, cut and ground to the exact dimension of the inside of the tube, to use as crush sleeves so that if the bolts are over-tightend, they can't crush the square tubes. Maybe over-kill..... maybe-not.
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