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Old 04-15-2011, 11:56 AM
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i installed a rough country lift onn my 2003 s10 blazer 4x4. recentlyhad to replace both cv shafts because they were throwing grease. after replacing i developed a vibration in the right front especially when making right turns. thought i had a bad shaft so i removed it and replaced it again. no luck. same as before. i took the truck to the local chevy garage and they said i had a bad right side hub. i told them to replace both sides to avoid doing the other one a month down the road. guess what ? $600 later and i still have the vibration. i took it back and they said right side shaft is binding. they were going to order another. i again took it in to have that replaced and was told that they were not sure that the shaft was bad. now they think i need adjustable ball joints because they cant adjust the camber enoulgh to stop the binding. they think the binding is caused by the camber adjustment or lack thereof. ive found adjustable ball joints online but i need to know the taper on the stud before they can help me. does anybody know the taper or am i barking up the wrong tree. any help would be greatly appreaciated. im planing on leaving tuesday on a 1400 mile trip but if i cant fix this i may have to cancel it thanks again.
 
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Old 04-15-2011, 01:14 PM
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whats happening is the rough country shocks are a lot fatter than the stock ones and when you turn your cv axle is rubbing on your shock. I have this problem too unfortunatly and for some reason its only the one side. you can correct this by lowering your tbars some. it doesn't really hurt anything its just annoying as hell
 
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:19 PM
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if that is the case should i see some wear marks on the shock body? if i lower the t bars enoulgh to get rid of the noise will i still clear the 31" tires? also why did i not have this issue until i change cv shafts? thanks in advance for your help.
 
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