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Installing lowering blocks. Help needed ASAP

Mazda Lowering Static Mazda Suspension Mazda Tech
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suspeck   +1y
Hey guys today i was trying to lower the rear end of my 1993 b2200 but the leaf springs were bolted to the axle. I lowered my 1989 b2200 before but after jacking up the truck the leaf springs were separate from the axle so i just fit the blocks in that space. So i figured with this truck i just had to unbolt the leaf springs from the axle. Bad move. The leaf springs just slammed out and separated and the frame fell on the axle which had two jack stands supporting it. Now im stuck here and have no clue how to get everything back together with the blocks in. ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Post was last edited on Feb 07, 2010 03:02. This post has been edited 1 times.
speedster93b   +1y
is this a serious question???
you didn't think to support the frame of the vehicle??? like maybe when you were unbolting the axle, and the weight of the truck was resting on the item you were unbolting???
wow
suspeck   +1y
sh1t dont bite my head off... Can you give me some advice so i can get it back together?
speedster93b   +1y
that wasn't biting your head off kid.
you don't want my advise.

someone else on this site might say something like:
make sure your tires n wheels are bolted to your axle. tires on the ground.
jack the truck back up from the FRAME this time.
put your lowering blocks on top of the bolt on your leaf spring
jack the truck high enough, till the lowering block is about to come into contact with the axle perch the spring used to rest on.
make sure the axle is pointed the right direction still... (that would be forward)
make sure the axle is sitting properly on the leaf spring bolt, and the block is aligned properly with the axle.
install the u bolts and lock washers, flat washers and nuts, and start to snug it up. now jack the truck up so the tires are off the ground and tighten your ubolts in an X pattern.
you can trim off excess u bolt that hangs real low, like 3/8" past the nut once its fully tightened. you don't want them to drag on the ground. it'll f**k stuff on your truck up.
speedster93b   +1y
i have a question though, how did you not die when you finally unbolted that shit and the truck fell? don't u have to be under it to unbolt the ubolts?
90-b22dawg [andrew]   +1y
oh wow. i seriously hope this is a gotcha question. some folks i tell ya are just silly.

you put jack stands under the axle and unbolted the axle from the springs which are attatched to the frame and didn't think the truck was doing to fall down??? wow just wow. are you sure you lowered another truck as you discribed? i highly doubt it. maybe a truck with springs over axle. but you wasn't lowering it if that was the case.
droppedmydawg   +1y
I don't want to talk crap to you, but are you sure this is something you should be tackling yourself? I know it is not rocket science to work on trucks, but if you are doing this then you or someone around you could have gotten hurt bad or killed even. I know most of the guys on this forum are good helpful people, but sometimes we just can't advise someone to continue on something that they may get really hurt doing. I would recommend that you either get a mobile mechanic over to your house or have a friend who is knowledgeable in this sort of thing to help you. I am not trying to be a prick, but if you lived through this and didn't at least lose a digit or two you should count your blessings and ask for help. It is just the best advise I can give. -Ed
speedster93b   +1y
^^ my thoughts exactly
chitobeach   +1y
This thread is worthless without pics! Glad you are alive you are lucky!
suspeck   +1y
Thanks for tha help. I ended up going back to figure it out myself and ended up getting it everything fixed. Finished at 5 this morning though. The part that confused me was that on my 1989 b2200 the leaf springs were not attached to the axle but on this truck they were.