Want a small lift...know nothing
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RE: Want a small lift...know nothing
haha oh my..lets blame this one on the server delays..getting from post-email-repost..considering 4-5 of us are actively on this one
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RE: Want a small lift...know nothing
ORIGINAL: cliro
they are necessary if you dont want the front end wear, changing the control arms fix the geometry of the front end to how it should be.
ORIGINAL: otnietdehooo
it also comes with new upper control arms which arent all that necessary.
it also comes with new upper control arms which arent all that necessary.
they might help reduce balljoint wear slightly but the cv angles will still be super inclined with or without the UCA's
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RE: Want a small lift...know nothing
Ok what about this. I get the Rough Country kit. I install everything, but I keep the factory torsion keys to keep from torquing the TBars too much (don't wanna snap a tbar or anything with a different key). Since theres no diff drop bracket, I'm still placing wear on CVs but not on balljoints since I've got the new UCAs? I don't like your use of 'super' inclined CVs in relation to the kit. Makes me nervous.
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RE: Want a small lift...know nothing
maybe super isnt the right word. but they will be at a greater angle than if they were left alone. go look at the cv shafts. take a long ruler or some sort of straight line... line it up at the inner edge of the cv shaft and move the outer edge of the ruler down 2" (or however many inches you wanna crank the tbars) thats where the cv shafts will be...
i think balljoints are more of an issue than the cv shafts though. i guess i never really thought aboutthe rough countrycoming with new upper balljoints, but it makes sense...
i dont think i would spend any money on a 2" lift kit. either way you lift it, its going to create more wear (unless you drop the diff)
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i think balljoints are more of an issue than the cv shafts though. i guess i never really thought aboutthe rough countrycoming with new upper balljoints, but it makes sense...
i dont think i would spend any money on a 2" lift kit. either way you lift it, its going to create more wear (unless you drop the diff)
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RE: Want a small lift...know nothing
ORIGINAL: WolfPack
well can you get a diff drop bracket for not much...or is that what makes the superlift/trailmaster kits so much money and require so much fabrication?
well can you get a diff drop bracket for not much...or is that what makes the superlift/trailmaster kits so much money and require so much fabrication?
Given the number of S trucks that use these axles in front, I am rather surprised that no one has come up with a modified design, that will operate at steeper angles..... Seems there would be a hell of a lot of demand for it. Or, if ya wanted to get REALLY weird, a narrowed front diff, and longer axles...... (thereby reducing operating angles.) Not sure how effective the second option would be. It would certainly not be cheap.
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