How to Lower a GMC Truck
If you own a GMC truck then, you probably have a desire to lower it. Lowering the height of a GMC truck is done by connecting a lowering block at the rear of the truck. It adds space between the leaf spring and the axle.
Things You’ll Need:
- Car Jack
- Socket Wrench or Air Gun
- Hacksaw or Metal Cutting Wheel
- Lowering Block
- Locate underneath the automobile, the rear axle that is behind the tires. Find the “u” bolts that are intended to lock down the axle to the leaf spring.
- Unscrew the nuts that fasten the “u” bolts, by means of a socket wrench or air gun. Remove the old “u” bolt off the axle and place it aside.
- Elevate one side of the automobile with a car jack. This will disconnect the axle from the leaf spring. Put a lowering block above the leaf spring, then let down the car jack slowly so the weight of the automobile will condense the leaf spring.
- Position a new, longer, “u” bolt over the axle. Screw and make the nuts on the bolts tight. Fasten the nuts on the bolts securely with the socket wrench or the air gun.
- Chop off any extra “u” bolt that expanded below the nut by means of a hacksaw or metal cutting wheel. Do this process again for the remaining “u“ bolts on the automobile to lower the GMC truck.
- Know that new model GMC trucks might involve the use of a block plate with the lowering unit because of the constricted spring pad.