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- Houston, Texas
- Ram Year
- 2017
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
I ordered a MCG deluxe spindle 2/4 drop kit 44050 from 3rdstrike and installed it on black friday. The only issue I had was on the driver side lower balljoint nut had so much locktite on it the nut faught me the entire way off, pass side nut came right off...go figure. Overall the kit was easy to install, just remove/replace parts.
Front requires no special tools, 13/16 for brake caliper bolts, 22mm/10mm for upper balljoint nut and TRE, 24mm/12mm for lower balljoint nut, 18mm for the three hub bolts and hammer to knock the balljoint free. It does require the brake dust shield to be trimmed but that was easy.
Rear is pretty straightforward and we have alot of pics on here of coil replacement so I wont get into that. The kit says to remove the rear bumstop cups but all my sawzall blades were dull so I will take care of that another time...if necessary.
I took a few pics, but not many as I was focused on finishing since today its suppose to rain.
stock before any work done
brake caliper removed
18mm hub bolts that need to be removed
hub/brake rotor installed on new spindle
driver side with new spindle completed
rear trac bar relocation bracket installed
Front requires no special tools, 13/16 for brake caliper bolts, 22mm/10mm for upper balljoint nut and TRE, 24mm/12mm for lower balljoint nut, 18mm for the three hub bolts and hammer to knock the balljoint free. It does require the brake dust shield to be trimmed but that was easy.
Rear is pretty straightforward and we have alot of pics on here of coil replacement so I wont get into that. The kit says to remove the rear bumstop cups but all my sawzall blades were dull so I will take care of that another time...if necessary.
I took a few pics, but not many as I was focused on finishing since today its suppose to rain.
stock before any work done
brake caliper removed
18mm hub bolts that need to be removed
hub/brake rotor installed on new spindle
driver side with new spindle completed
rear trac bar relocation bracket installed
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