crazycracker
+1y
I need some advice, I am raising my 87 B2600 about 3 inches. From previous threads it seems that each spline is worth around 1 or 1.5 inches, so I went 2 splines over and then went to put the bolts back at the same depth that they were before (marked them with paint before making adjustment). On the passenger side I got within about 6 or 7 threads of the original bolt height, and the truck is now 3 inches higher and seems very firm when I push down on the fender. I think this is pretty much what I am after. On the driver side however, I can't get the bolt all the way up to where it used to be, not even close. I have at least an inch to go and its so difficult to turn the bolt that I am actually afraid to turn it any more lest it snap off. When I set the truck off the jackstands, the driver side is about 1 inch lower than the passenger side and feels a little softer when I push the fender down. So I do not think that the torsion bar itself is over tightened, I can't figure out why the bolt is so hard to turn. It started easily and had no problem tightening it for the first inch or so. Any suggestions or tips? I am pretty sure I did 2 splines, now with this problem cropping up I am second guessing myself that I might have mistakenly gone 3 splines, but then shouldn't that have made the truck higher and firmer if that was the case?