Put Bilsteins on the Silverado

There's another new term to learn. The "turn". The torsion bars' sockets are so simple looking.....I gotta learn the ropes. Google here I come.
There are vertical bolts that push on the keys that the torsion bars mount into under the front doors. By turns I mean backing off the bolts. Whoever had the truck before me, or before them, did the "redneck level" and tightened the bolts almost all the way. This does lift the front of the truck but in doing so increases the spring rate massively. Also the previous front tires had some gnarly wear from negative camber. Lowering the front should have introduced some positive camber to make it more normal, I haven't put it on the rack at work to verify. It is certainly less "darty" which makes me think toe is also closer to being correct.

Either way it is irrelevant because the control arm bushings are all cracked and I will be rebuilding it whenever I get around to it.
 
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