Looks like my caltracs are going to wait till next week but I need to know how hard to install them, any special tools needed. I'm especially worried about pressing out the bearing on the leaf springs.

 

thats the hardest part! other then that its another bolt on!

 

The hardest part was getting the front spring eye bolt out on the driver's side, by the gas tank. It was installed by the factory from the inside out, so I had to cut it to get it out, and get a new one. They nust have installed the tank AFTER the leaf springs were installed!

 

Find a shop with a press and you will be just fine. I just took my leaf springs to a local shop and they charged me $5 to press out the old bushings and press in the new ones into the leaf springs, I would have paid $50 and still thought I was getting a deal! I didnt have a problem with the bolt by the gas tank because when I installed the Hotchkis TVS system I turned that bolt around so I would not have to drop the gas tank again.

 

that's what i did when i installed my dropped hangers.
best free mod ever!

 

do cal tracs make any real difference in daily street driving? or are they mainly felt more at the track?

 

I bought them mainly to help me take off straight. Truck pulls to the side too much and wobbles down the track.