No shimming needed. had truck aligned today (toe was out). good news is all the u-joints are good and bad news is the carrier bearing is COMPLETELY shot. Glad that we figured out the issue though. They didn't have the bearing in stock and gonna go back some time next week. The bearing is so bad it's actually resting against the driveshaft hence why I have the VIBRATION.

So........ thanks everyone for all your help. Hopefully after new carrier bearing I'll post up and let you know I'm loving the truck and it's all vibration free.

Oh and by the way, I went ahead and upgraded the stock cloth 2000 seats with '05 leather / power seats I scored. Boy what a DIFFERENCE! I love these new seats!

Out with the old:



In with the new:



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All in all the install took me about 3.5 hours yesterday. Was a nice day out and enjoyed mod'ing my new (new to me) truck.

If I get the vibration settled I'll just leave the lift on there. I like the look and I don't think I'll struggle too much towing 8k trailer. We'll see.

Cheers,
Tim