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Knobbyman
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5/17/2002
16:20:57
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Have any of you ever installed a add-a-leaf on anything?
Just curious how time consuming it is.. how hard.. Pictures would be GREAT!!
'01 Graphite QC 4x4
4.7 3.55 LSD
4.5" Customized Suspension Lift
305x70x16 GoodYear MT/R's
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arthur
Dodge Dakota
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5/17/2002
16:34:57
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Never done an add-a-leaf before...can't imagine them being hard...i've installed leafs before...installation and removal aren't difficult...just have some friends with you and the hospital on standby :)
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arthur
Dodge Dakota
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5/17/2002
16:45:31
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Ok, i figured i might as well spend a few minutes under my truck and give you the low-down. Being a car nut and a grease monkey with wrenches on the brain...i love a good question/challenge.
Like i said before...taking the leafs out won't be difficult...just try and get the load off the leafs so they won't want to shoot out.
Once out...the most difficult things you'll encounter are the clips that hold the leafs together right now. Once you manage to get them off, putting them back on will be a bitch as well.
Add a leafs aren't supposed to be all that difficult though...i had some friends put some on a toyota pickup...they had a shop to use...but they weren't all that knowledgable and they got it done with out problems.
Just to be safe...warn the hospital anyways.
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RESQready
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5/17/2002
18:02:12
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Couldn't be any worse than a Truckin' Suspension 4.5" lift!
...and no, I haven't tried them either. Decided to use 1.5" blocks to level my truck.
Keep swingin'
RESQready Dakota
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Knobbyman
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5/17/2002
21:04:52
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hehe.. yea.. I know but having my truck up any time at all just buggs me..
Well I broke my transfer case anyway :-\ SON OF A B!TCH!!! Sorry.. Don't normally swear .. but this is going to be expensive and it just REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY!!! PISSES ME OFF!
So it looks like my truck is going to be up for a while anyway.. Maybe the dealer will pay for it.. You think I should wash it before I take it to um? it's only COMPLETELY covered in mud.
'01 Graphite QC 4x4
4.7 3.55 LSD
4.5" Customized Suspension Lift
305x70x16 GoodYear MT/R's
http://www.knobbyman.com
----Speed only breaks stuff faster----
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Blizzard
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5/17/2002
21:40:39
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A black cat didn't pass by in front of your truck on the way to the mud pit, did it Knobster?
If you didn't have BAD luck you'd have NO luck at all it seems!
'01 QC 4x4
5.9L, 3.92 LSD, loaded
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SuperBee
Dodge Dakota
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5/18/2002
00:55:33
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no, there seems to be a black cat living in his truck somewhere, LOL
and ill be going on the add a leaf adventure soon, ordered one, (from JC whitney) and it may be here before my truck is fixed, i hope not
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BlackDak02
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5/18/2002
01:15:58
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Jeez, K-man havta agree on the bum luck! That sucks!
What happened?
2002 Black CC SLT 4x4
4.7L 45RFE 3.55 LSRD
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papa smurf
Dodge Dakota
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5/18/2002
08:27:26
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The add-a-leaf is pretty easy to do. Like arthur said you have to take the load off the springs. To do that just use 2 4" C-clamps and tighten them down about 4" off center fromt the centering bolt. Then you just have to untighten the nut on the centering bolt and then the springs can release once you remove the c-clamp. Then you just put the new leaf in (the leafs go from longest to shortest) and put a longer centering bolt back in. I had to take a regular bolt and grind the hexes out of the head to make a centering bolt. This is really easy and should take no more than a half hour each side. Of course unless you come across complications, and you know those never happen.
The only real problem with the add-a-leaf is that it makes the suspension really stiff, a rear block is better for offroading purposes, not as stiff of a suspension.
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TallQuad
Dodge Dakota
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5/18/2002
11:53:32
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I agree with papa... blocks are easier and ride better than add-a-leafs as long as you don't go bigger than 3". Then you start getting axle rap and problems like that. Although, add-a-leafs are really not that hard to put on either. Added some to my truck and it was the easiest mod I've done, but I also have springs under the axle which saves a little time.
If only are trucks had solid front axles...
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Knobbyman
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5/18/2002
22:30:53
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Heh.. that's what I keep telling my self TallQuad.. Solid Front Axles.... ;-)
'01 Graphite QC 4x4
4.7 3.55 LSD
4.5" Customized Suspension Lift
305x70x16 GoodYear MT/R's
http://www.knobbyman.com
----Speed only breaks stuff faster----
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jLo
Dodge Dakota
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5/19/2002
20:20:27
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ok, two things... A: i feel your pain (sort of) knobbyman... i had a string of problems with my truck recently, one of which being the chain in my transfer case chewing its way OUT of my transfer case... well, at least enough to leave a 3x4" hold in the side, doh! B: blocks are the way to go for just offroading (though watch out, i put 3" on mine, and the housings on my brand new ebrake cables are already broken, they're stretched when the wheels are off the ground). i think i'm gonna have to switch to add a leafs. i carry heavy loads (landscaping materials, 5th wheel trailer, etc.), so i need extra support back there. um, ok, rambled on long enough, bye bye
www.geocities.com/mazda_boy click on truck pics =)
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ADS2001
Dodge Dakota
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5/20/2002
19:46:50
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Hello Tallquad how many add-a-leaf did you use on your truck? Nice looking truck!!
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TallQuad
Dodge Dakota
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5/20/2002
21:37:21
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Thanks ADS2001...
I just have one on each side, raised the rear about 1.5 inches.
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SuperBee
Dodge Dakota
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5/23/2002
01:14:08
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yes i like the idea of being able to haul mor elaod, between my add a leafs and the air shocks i should be able to put another dak in the back of mine and not sag much
LOL
i will break my axles under too much weight and not be saging,
hehehehehe
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SuperBee
Dodge Dakota
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6/03/2002
14:42:55
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i got my add a leafs in, took me all of 7 hours, thats with the U-bolts being as bad as they were, i started with a regular 7/8 wrnch, but i needed a 3 foot pipe on it to move it, well i didnt have a big enough pipe to fit the wrench so i needed 2 piped, a short wide one to fit the wrnche then a longer one on the short wide one, needless to say after i got 1 nut off i sent my dad to get me a deep well socket to fit on one of his trips to town, that made it so much easier with a ratchet and 1 pipe, i wish i had a imp[act gun, would have made it all happen in a matter of an hour to get the u bolts off, instead of 5 hours on jsut getting the nuts off the u bolts, its a 1990 and i live in the salt belt, and to boot they have never been moved from the factory, but after that i didnt even try to loosen the center bolts, i took an air cutoff tool , went half way through, took a chisle and heafty hammer and beat the F***** until it flew off and pounded the well rused bolt through the springs, well in the end it was not easier to dp the add a leafs, block would have been much easier
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Robs 02
Dodge Dakota
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11/07/2007
14:54:52
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does anyone have an actual part number af an add-a-leaf kit for an 02 dakota everyone i've talked with says they don't make one for the dakota's
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Kowalski
GenIII
11/07/2007
16:56:54
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Have you considered Roadmaster Active Suspension ? A bit pricier, but a little easier to install than an add-a-leaf; and a better ride than the add-a-leafs I've used in the past.
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Robs 02
Dodge Dakota
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11/07/2007
19:48:25
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thankyou for the info but not familar with the name can you give me a little more to go on like where to get it? although i did have an add-a-leaf kit on my s-10 and didn't mind the ride would you know of a kit number if i decided to go in that direction?
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Kowalski
GenIII
11/08/2007
17:18:24
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If you just google it for their web site; it'll list aplications and show how it works.
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rivermaniac
Dodge Dakota
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11/10/2007
11:47:45
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1 fts203 is the part # from fabtech ........
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