U-joint question
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Yes, you would. I put a 4" lift on my 08 F-250 and it was very noticeable that my track bar needed changed.
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So I'll mark that off the list for now. Hopefully gonna be able to swap the tires tomorrow and see if that's the problem.
I do plan on doing the 2.5" icon leveling coils with Bilstein 5100 shocks and F350 block in the rear in the new future.. So a track bar might be needed then.
I do plan on doing the 2.5" icon leveling coils with Bilstein 5100 shocks and F350 block in the rear in the new future.. So a track bar might be needed then.
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The "kit" I'm looking at is in performancetruckproducts. It's the icon coils, and you can basically choose whether you want Bilstein or icon shocks, no shocks with the kit, an option for the icon track bar, readylift rear blocks is an option, and the kit comes with camber adjustments. I've read through a few threads on what track bar is the best, and it seems the BD one or the one from Superdutydeathwobble.com are the two top notch ones to go with. So what I'll probably do is the icon coils, Bilstein shocks, camber adjustments, and get the track bar seperately.
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If the rest of the suspension checks out and it has a stock track bar, the rubber bushing can get soft over time and cause a wobble. Changing the track bar fixed the wobble on my 2005. It looked fine and there was no noticeable movement in the bushing, but it was still soft.
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Thats what I'm running now... hope I dont have issues later.
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Seems to be kind of hit and miss.. I had a 2004 F250 and had 305 BFG's on it and never had any issues.. Put 305 BFG's on this truck and wham. One of the instructors at schools kid had same tires on his truck, and they couldn't get them balanced at all. Had to take it to a shop that had some kind of balancing machine that you actually drove the vehicle onto to balance the tires. I guess to simulate it actually being on the road. Apparently cost an arm and a leg and still didn't get them balanced that well.
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I have a set of Michelins that are almost done and when i got over 65 the truck would shake like crazy. My new 35x12.50 nittos i can go 75 with no shaking at all they are very smooth but my michelins have a bad tread wear pattern in them apparently so I'm gonna burn them off this winter or get some winter tires for my stock rims and burn them off on my 95. I never knew tires could make such a difference in the ride but at least you found your issue now.
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Yeah. Definitely a relief. My original plan was to wear those tires out, get a leveling kit and put 35s on it. But I guess I'll probably save a few checks and go ahead and get it done. When I get a chance tomorrow id like to post the link to the kit I want and see what everyone thinks about it, and I also need to decide which tires to go with.