1971 521

[jrock4224]

nice board now let me see u kick flip it.....lol

[jon521]

i can pop shove-it on it haha

[jon521]

I got 5 used 195-60-15s today for free from work, pretty sweet. im starting to look at chevy rallys now, just to change it up a bit. i love these wheels, and if i do switch i will not be getting rid of them.

 

Took a few pics while waiting for a friend today

 

 

[jrock4224]

man bummer i just traded off some a few monthes back.... i got another set but there kinda rough even though there powdercoated.....there like a og rally not a blazer rally which has the square holes around the center...i will keepmy eyes out in my 4x4 cirles for u

[jon521]

thanks man! i saw a set up in battleground for a good price a few days ago. also someone i work with said his father in law would probably sell me a set for like 50 bucks, but they are the blazer ones

[jrock4224]

nice cant wait....u gonna do them in black pc ?

[Royal Sierra]

Talk to the guy skeeterzz on here i know he has a set he isnt using. He lives in ashland.

[jon521]

thanks man ill hit him up

[jon521]

no real updates, still lookin for some rallys, a buddy of mine told me of a place local to look, so im gonna check that out soon. but for now, some pictures :)

 

[banzai510(hainz)]

ok maybe raise it up a 1/2 to a 1inch

[skyblue]

no way. i like it just the way it is. are you still riding with no shocks? and what did you do in the rear again?

[jon521]

ya no shocks right now :( probably eating the shit out of my tires. i am going to make the shock towers taller. so in the back i have 3 inch blocks, 2 leafs pulled, and flipped the overload spring and put it on top of the pack.

[mklotz70]

Did you readjust the "toe-in" on the front end when you lowered it? It definitely changes some.

[jon521]

no i havent gotten any alignments yet :( but at my work we have an alignment machine so im hoping sometime one of my coworkers will help me do it sometime soon

[skyblue]

which one is the over load leaf? is that the short thick one at the bottom of the stack?

[jon521]

ya the bottom one, and it should be the thickest one, maybe 1/4 inch thick? i just put on the top of the pack, then flipped it over so it would kind of push the other springs down. if you are going to do it, you will need a C clamp to compress the pack together so you can put in the centering bolt through the middle of the pack

[jrock4224]

ok maybe raise it up a 1/2 to a 1inch

 

your crazy hainz.... needs more low out back... need the 720 spring swap ... look at phixius truck it sits so level and nice ....but u really need shocks dude....no shocks really...u need a mini notch out back from some 5 inch tubing... your back will thank u

 

ya the bottom one, and it should be the thickest one, maybe 1/4 inch thick? i just put on the top of the pack, then flipped it over so it would kind of push the other springs down. if you are going to do it, you will need a C clamp to compress the pack together so you can put in the centering bolt through the middle of the pack

 

careful this old minitruck trick can have a real crappy end seen leaves break/explode under clamping and years of use.... this is not a new concept minitruckers i n the 80's were doing it ....easy de arching but its quick simple and should most definately be temporary....truck looks good ...photochop out the h20 car though....hurting your street cred... lol :devil: :rofl:

[jon521]

i have shocks in the back, just not in the front. thanks for the tip on the rear springs, i will keep that in mind. would 720 4x4 springs really make that much of a difference? if so i will look into doing that soon. id be down for a mini notch, but i really dont want to loose any frame strength. what about 5 inch tubing?

[jrock4224]

5 inch was extreme, 3 inch would be plentyand u only notch out half the frame, u only use a section of the radius of the pipe....depending on how big of pipe u use affects how much of the radius u use...... and since most beds have about 1 1/4 space between frame and bed i have taken 1x3 and reinforced over the notch for about 18"

[jon521]

i sseeeee.....

 

 

so 720 springs are just flatter? i would get bigger blocks but i dont really want to run anything bigger than 3in blocks

[wayno]

See how the eye that holds the bushing is centered on the end of the leaf spring, this is a 1980 datsun 720 4X4 leaf.

They only have two main leafs to start with, and they are flatter, what this does is make the ride firmer to start with, so when you hit a bump it don't move as far, where as the way yours is right now, it moves farther because you have taken leafs out.

 

 

 

[jon521]

so if i got those, i could just take out the two overload springs

[Laecaon]

Or get another 2nd spring and flip it. As in run an additional 2nd spring. It will raise the spring rate, and flatten the pack more.

[wayno]

so if i got those, i could just take out the two overload springs

 

 

That question is something I don't understand, as in my opinion, the lower one goes, the more springs/leafs I think one needs, so I would not be the one to ask.

I will say this, my 720 dually leafs(stock 720 2wd leafs) are perfectly flat sitting in the driveway and are resting on the what you call overloads, granted they are not the 4X4 leafs which will get you another inch lower because of how they are made, assuming they have the same spring rate as a 720 2wd leaf.

All my early 520/521 trucks have arch still left in them, so using any 720 leaf set will likely lower your truck from stock height, but whether it will get you as low or lower than you are right now is debatable.

[jrock4224]

• more leafs equal more spring rate ...so yes if lower that would be better but this is for the lows ....less arch = lower....remove leafs= lower.....fat chicks = lower.....i believe the 720s are shorter too ....ask phixius his truck runs 720s rear springs
  

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