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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 01:47 PM
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How much gap should there be? I want to adjust the height up a little seems to be sagging a tiny bit. I remember it sitting higher in the rear.
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 12:26 AM
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How much gap do you have?
IIRC I adjusted mine to give me ~1" of gap. I went a bit low at first (could barely fit my finger in the gap) and it was hitting the bumpstops way too easily on things like speed-bumps. I'm a happy camper now. Much lower than after I got it back from the clunk tsb, and a better ride as well.
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 08:05 AM
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Is it hard to adjust. The truck needs to be jacked up right?
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Old Aug 27, 2010 | 11:45 PM
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Not hard. You don't need to jack it up, just get the rear up on ramps.

Search for a post I made on this a while ago. You need to adjust both sides. Two ways: loosen the little nut & slide it up in the adjustment slot (for larger adjustments), or loosen the locknuts on both ends of the micro-adjust bolt/wheel/thingie ( ) and twist it to effectively shorten the arm. Both methods work. I had a hard time getting the locknuts loosened on the adjustment bolt, so I went w/method #1.
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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Very nice!! I just picked up an 04 and love it. I have been noticing that the rear is a bit stiff as it seems to hit the bump stop a lot. I will definately look into adjusting mine. Thx for the thread!!
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by SmittysGX
Very nice!! I just picked up an 04 and love it. I have been noticing that the rear is a bit stiff as it seems to hit the bump stop a lot. I will definately look into adjusting mine. Thx for the thread!!
Let us know how it goes.
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