Well now with a right up like that I should have no problems getting the shackles off so I can do a good lift on the wife's blazer. Then its off to a body lift

 

I thought torsion bar cranking changes the camber angle (positive if tightened, negative if lowered) on front wheels! I know that can be adjusted with cams on the upper control arm, but I don't know how. Can anyone tell me how to do that? Is it a DIY too (I do the toe-in very easily)?

 

Just picked up some cheapy shackles at my local auto parts store. My friend did it on his S10 and no problems yet. I started the project last night and didn't get me very farr due to primative tools. The bolts were rusted to he** and very limited room to get to the top bolts. So i read some more about this project and decided im going to drop the bottom bolt on the shock and cut the stock shackle in half to give me some room to burn the bottom bushing out but keeping the metal inside due to the auto parts store stating that the new bushings don't come with that metal sleeve (GREAT!) soooo not to sure how im going to remove the top bolts yet but have a feeling they are getting cut and burned. Hopefully its not to crazy. Just lookin for a lil boost in the a** so i can crank my t-bars to match. BTW its a 96 Chevy blazer 4x4 4dr. so the gas tank in the way isnt an issue (thank god) well back to work to get this darn thing lifted. Thanks a ton for all the info, definately got me out of a hole!

 

the bushings should come with the metal sleeve, if you get moog ones (which i would recommend) and heating the bushings and pulling the melted rubber out is the best way, and the saw zawing the sleeve out, it takes some patients but isn't too bad of a job.

 

I finished the project and it wasn't good at all. After 4 1/2 hours of work. Burning, cutting, and pounding...i ended up snapping the eye on the passenger side shackle! Then the bushing came out without a problem. So i had to look around for new shackles, LUCKILY my friend had a set. SO i went back, sanded the shackles down and painted them so they would look nice and keep the rust off. I never woulda thought that this woulda been so tough of a job. I should of got more expensive shackles because the bolts that came with the ones i bought felt like they were going to snap when i was tightening them. Just my luck. So next came the torsion lift which went smooth and now looks good. PICs will come soon. Thanks