| Flip Kit
Innovation |
| New and Improved
Axle Flip Kit. |
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| For years and years suspension companies have made
flip kits the same. Simply a bracket to locate the leaf spring below the axle.
This design worked great and still does, but more and more new vehicles have
variances in the axle housing. Some vehicles like Chevy HD and 02 Dodge 1500
has multiple axle housings. This would require axle brackets that vary in
length to fit these axle. Since the flip brackets only vary about 1\4" to 1\2"
in length, but the widths stay the same, identifying the correct brackets
becomes a little difficult . |
| Week after week, more variances were found, keeping
DJM's tech's and engineers busy. As these changes continued, flip kits for new
vehicles will require installer to verify the correct flip bracket before
starting an installation. One solution was to include additional brackets in
each kit, the installer would use the brackets that fit the axle and discard
the extra. |
| The engineers said "There must be a better solution.
We need to make an axle bracket that would fit on any axle." To do so meant to
design a bracket that solves the height variances. DJM engineers have been
working on an entirely new flip bracket design for a special application. This
bracket had adjustable pinion angle and would fit on a variety of axles. |
| So a proto type was installed on DJM's 99 Chevy that
previously had their Calmax Level 2, 4"/6" kit installed. This new bracket fit
perfect the first time and has pinion angle adjustment that enables the angle
to be fine tuned. This is a feature many customers have been asking for. |
The new axle bracket allows infinite adjustment for
drive line angles. Setting the pinion angle is best done on an alignment rack.
Final adjustments are made at ride height. |
Rotate the axle to adjust the pinion angle, then place the flat
upper plate on top and install the 5/8" bolts to secure to axle bracket.
Tighten all the bolts and take for test drive. |
If further adjustment is needed loosen the 5/8"
bolts then u-bolts. Readjust the pinion angle and tighten all bolts. |
Adjust the pinion angle so the u-joints
are in-line. For best results adjust on alignment rack at ride height. |
Here is the front U-joint at the transmission. |
This is the rear U-joint at the rear
end. |
| Extended cabs must raise the carrier bearing with a carrier
bearing bracket kit. Line up both u-joints and carrier bearing and adjust as
needed. |
2000 Chevy 1500 with CB99 Carrier Bearing Bracket.
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| DJM will offer this newly designed bracket in the
2002 Dodge Ram 1500 Parts,
2002
Chevy HD, 1999-2002 Chevy 1500 ,
1988-1998
Chevy 1500, 1992-1998 Chevy C3500 and
1994-99 Dodge 1500 to start. Expect more
applications to come. |
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310-538-1583 |
