well, i have the front of my leafs on my CC clamped and it still rides good. i got the bright idea to grab another set of clamps and do the rear of the leafs...simply a bad idea. it rode like a brick on metal wheels. is there anyway to get the truck to hook a little better without running caltracs? i was thinking about having the passenger shock moved to the rear of the axle like the drivers and run a little stiffer shock. maybe an adjustable coilover style shock or something im not really sure.


i can do caltracs and a better shock if need be, but would it help doing the shock on the rear of the axle too?

 

youre supposed to clamp the rears and space out the front...........

 

really? ive always seen em on the front...

what do you mean "Space" the fronts out? got a pic or something to explain how to do that.

 

http://www.rm-indy.com/spring_clamps.htm

 

That link shows the front of the rear leaf pack being clamped.

To the OP, I'd try clamping front & rear at the track only. Take the clamps off for DD.

 

yeah thats why i say i see it on the front, never the rear.

ok ill clamp 'em for when i know im going to the track. i guess i can work some OT an pick up some caltracs, and have the shock moved with a stiffer shock

 

I sometimes wish that I would have played around with clamping the springs before I went CalTracs. Just to know what the differences are. I've seen clamped springs do very very well, especially on diesels with huge tq.

 

i dont make the tq down low, but i plan on running a 3200 converter with my 6L80e swap. i think itll 60' an mph close to the same as it use to.

 

So which is it, clamping the front or the rear? That site gives pretty detailed instructions on clamping the front, but with sprayed hooking like he does clamping the rear, I can't take that site 100% seriously.

 

You really just have to experiment and see what works best for you. Most start by clamping them at the front, and work from there. I've seen leaf-packs with 4 clamps on each side....