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mnih
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Mar 09, 2019

Stableloads installation problem

You folks have given me some great advice, hoping for more. Been trying to get 4 lower stableloads installed in a 2019 F350. Am in an established auto shop in Arizona, they ordered from Torklift. Today, went in for the install. Turns out my truck doesn’t have the holes on the springs. They upped the labor charge to $724 to drill, now they’re saying they can’t drill the springs and have to take the springs to a drill press. I’m losing confidence, might be able to walk away. Left a message with Torklift, no response. What do you think?

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  • We could not find anyone local to do our lower stableloads. Our dodge did not have the holes drilled and 3 business tried to sell us springs and all kinds of other stuff. Finally got a RV mobile guy to do it. He used up all the bits but we got em installed. Call Torklift again...sometimes it's takes a few days for them to return your call.
  • Yeah, $723 for labor alone, they doubled their estimate when they couldn’t drill right through (and once they had a deposit for these and for some Bilsteins, which they’ll install on Tuesday). Thanks for the responses - they were just what I suspected they’d be but I didn’t want to get huffy and puffy without being sure. Another problem was that the invoice on the shipment included a drill but there wasn’t one in the box.

    Have had bad luck doing my shake-down cruise in Arizona - no Bigfoot dealer and no one, but no one, will take on warranty work during snowbird season unless you bought from them. Tried several Torklift dealers here but they all declined to install Stable Loads, this time of year anyway, one saying lower Stable Loads don’t fit new F350s! Am thinking I should have bought in the PNW and gotten all the warranty work and suspension add-ons during their off-season.

    Many thanks again - how did TC virgins ever survive without forums like this?
  • Sounds like they ordered the wrong Stableloads. When you order you state if your springs are drilled already, or not. Stableload will sell you a drill made just for drilling springs.
    Go somewhere else.
    I bet Torklift calls you Monday.
  • You can buy a super-nice drill and a bunch of expensive high quality bits and drill it yourself and still have hundreds of dollars left.
    Run!!
  • I'd RUN away for that price. Lower stable loads help, but they certainly aren't an emergency install.
  • I drilled the holes for the lowers on my Ram with a floor jack and a right angle drill. Not an issue.
    Took maybe an hour.
    Your shop just don't want to mess with it
    You mean to tell me they want 724$ to INSTALL them????
    Or is that the charge including the lifts??