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Extreme ride hight - 4/22/2008 11:13:58 AM   
if6was9


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I finally was able to crawl under the Blazer today and found this:




My old school training tells me something isn't right, having the lower A arm bumpers being that close to the frame. Now the previous owner did put 2” drop spindles on, but that shouldn't affect the position of the A arm should it? Do drop spindles pull the lower A arm up, effectively pulling the frame down? I thought drop spindles just relocated the spindle on the knuckle.

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RE: Extreme ride hight - 4/22/2008 11:49:18 AM   
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WolfPack's photo gallery 		Hrm....I'd say a half inch of suspension travel up front is completely normal 

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RE: Extreme ride hight - 4/23/2008 12:53:07 AM   
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Do drop spindles pull the lower A arm up, effectively pulling the frame down? I thought drop spindles just relocated the spindle on the knuckle.

You are right sir. the drop spindle does just relocate teh spindle up 2 inches on the knuckle.
That blazer must sit pretty low, -3 1/2 inches in front.

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RE: Extreme ride hight - 4/23/2008 11:52:15 AM   
if6was9


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Status: offline 		That's what I thought. I'll be asking the PO if he did anything to the springs, but I'm pretty sure he didn't. Were there problems with the factory springs wearing out prematurely? 

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RE: Extreme ride hight - 4/30/2008 1:47:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'd say that the previous owner lowered it with springs not spindles, thats why the lower control arm is higher.

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