I tried a search and found nothing. Probably the wrong parameters...

Has anyone flipped the front axles over to increase ride height and give the truck some negative camber?

I'm thinking that one could just flip the king-pin bearing with the king-pin seal. I am going to make some SS braided lines anyways so I can just increase the length a few inches.

Am I missing something?
Anyone have any thoughts on if this would work?

 

With the geometry that is in the stock arm, if you flipped it how bad would the camber be? I'm thinking pretty bad, thus why no one has done it. Most just use a lift kit and remount the stock arm.

 

Somebody had done it subsequently and found out the issues were insurmountable and not worth it.

 

This is what happens when you install the I-beams upside down.



It puts a lot of positive camber into the wheels (tops of the wheel/tire leans outward away from the vehicle).

This would grind off the outer edges of the front tires in no time.

 

Yeah! it won't work....

Not only would it throw the alignment way off, you wouldn't gain any suspension travel. The only way to do it right is get a kit from autofab.

However, if your just wanting to gain some height for off road capability, stock suspension on 31s, 32s, or even 33x10.50 tires will get you pretty far. I run 31s and I've never had any clearance issues running around in the desert and mountains. (Hard drive to left field!) This is specifically why I was looking for headers that would not hang down past the frame. I succeeded and now the lowest points on my truck are the radius arm brackets and the driveshaft.

 

So I'm not the only nut in the tree... lol
I'm thinking that from a purely mechanical joint the caster should be the same no matter which way the axle is installed. But the Camber should reverse. I have to install the urethane bushings that I made into my second truck soon. I'll scrutinize the mechanics closely. I may just swap things and see how they work out. It's only a simple matter of time.

 

Suspension travel is a distant second for me. I gave up the off-road race scene decades ago. But I do drive on roads with some good sized solid obstacles and I want some bigger tires too.