Where are the center pins located at TSC? I haven't seen any, then again I haven't asked for them there, or are you just shaving down the head of a long bolt to fit?
Ah, I see, the allen head bolts they offer are nowhere near the length I need, I need a center pin roughly 10" long for my 1ton springs.
78-88 1500 Chevy or GMC 4WD, or a blazer of the same vintage. Rears only.
JESUS dude! You bolting blocks and 1-ton springs together or something? Our 1-ton springs only measured 6-7 inches thick...even with an extra leaf in them! If you're gonna run a center pin that long, I'd go with one that's like 9/16" and grade 10 or more.
No blocks except the stock block/bumpstop that is bolted back there, but pretty sure the pin doesn't go through it anyway like most blocks. As it sits now, there are 10 leafs, a ~1" thick overload leaf, a ~1" spacer, and about 8-10 overload leafs on top of that. I didn't actually measure how tall the spring pack was, so that number is surely exaggerated slightly. Either way, even at 6-7" I haven't seen allen head cap screws long enough to do the job. I know a few leafs were added as all other one tons I have seen have had either 7 or 9 leafs, and a much shorter overload leaf stack, many of them only one or two leafs, this truck has spent most of the last 34 years with a 250gallon skid unit and equipment in the bed, so probably ~2500lbs+ or so. The front "may" have been lifted at some point as well, as it had Rancho shocks and stabilizers all around.
That's for sure. The reason I have been needing some center pins is to remove a few leafs from the rear to help the ride some and bring the rear down since I don't haul that heavy with it anymore.
Yes, it will. I don't think so much as you'll need a lifted steering arm, though. If you're still using the old push-pull steering instead of crossover, you'll only need to slightly lengthen or shorten the draglink accordingly to keep the same number of turns lock-to-lock. A good alignment shop can fix that for you.
