jlombard wrote:Replaced coil springs with Moog 7226 (not extreme duty 7226s) and it lifted the front end back up and leveled it out nicely. Also put in Monroe gas magnum shocks. Hint: if one side still sags lower than the other, and if your control arm bushings are ok (mine were not, so I changed them too) then check on your cab mount bushings (4) and on the radiator support to frame mount bushings (2). One side of my radiator support mount bushings were missing the rubber completely. I went to Ace and bought three 2 1/4 outer diameter by 5/8 inch inner diameter by 1/8 inch thick neoprene washers. Removed radiator fan shroud clips and pulled the shroud out of the lower clips on the bottom edge of the radiator, and then the radiator upper support brackets. Lift the radiators up and place 2 x 4 blocks under radiator to access the radiator support mounting bolt (RSMB). Don't worry about removing hoses or anything, just lift the rad up a couple of inches and block it. Then remove the RMSB with a 5/8 wrench on the top of the bolt (under the blocked up radiator) and an 11/16 deep socket on the lower nut. The RMSB has a large oval piece of 1/2 inch rubber above the radiator support - that did not need replacing on mine. (The radiator itself sits on two rubber bumpers that are attached to the bottom of the radiator and rest on the radiator support channel - this is a good time to check those and put in new ones if needed.) The rubber washers are the ham inside of two large steel washers that are the bread; this sandwich fits in between the frame and the radiator support channel. Jack up the radiator support channel enough to allow you to put the sandwich back in, run the RSMB back down through the sandwich, and tighten the nut loosely. Be sure to lower the jack to allow the radiator support to sit down again on the new bushing sandwich before you do the final tightening on the the RSMB nut. Remove 2 x 4 blocks, settle the radiator back in to the radiator support channel, reattach the upper support brackets. This also got rid of an awful clunk that I would hear when going over potholes.
Hi! I am new here, and I am really learning a lot from this forum. Anyways, I also have some problems with my radiator and also my springs. I have been searching for the right DIYs and tips for it. Thanks for this thread I was able to grasp some knowledge about it.
