Towing and rear spring

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Postby disallow » Thu Oct 03, 2019 8:06 am

This is a pigtail spring:

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And this is the picture of the Moog 81117 from the link you posted:

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It is obvious that Moog has the spec in their database wrong, this is clearly NOT a pigtail spring, and is in fact, a squared end spring per the next pic:

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Postby ALO604 » Fri Oct 04, 2019 10:38 am

Spec sheets have incorrect listing on ends for sure.

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install steps

Postby ALO604 » Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:39 am

I thought I saw an installation steps for rear springs here someplace????
Anyone??

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done

Postby ALO604 » Thu Oct 24, 2019 8:30 pm

Well I got the moog springs and airlift installed. Took about 4 hours, not bad. Ride height is 35' to the lip of the fender. Increase of 1 inch. Has a slight rake to it. I didn't need the rear shocks. The Bilstein were actually less firm than the OEM in there.
Problems with the alignment tho. One of the rear cams is seized in the lower control arm. I'll also need to install front eccentric bolts in the lower control arms, which are OEM on order. I hope that goes OK.

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Postby underworld1001 » Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:02 pm

The rear springs will settle to about .5 inch. I had about a 1 inch lift when they were installed and it's gone down a little which is to be expected.

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more trouble

Postby ALO604 » Sat Oct 26, 2019 11:27 pm

Well it gets worse. Another seized bolt in L/front control arm. Looks like it will need a couple control arms and the cam bolts to make it right. Sometimes these repairs just turn into nasty.

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towing

Postby ALO604 » Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:53 pm

I went for my first tow. Used equalizer hitch, put the air bags at 20lbs. It towed fine on the highway. I find the hitch is a bit too high to level the trailer off the hitch. Will need a lower drawbar. But overall it works good and doesn't struggle at all.


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