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Old 06-12-2016, 11:49 PM
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Help needed: No full turn right after lift kit

Hi all, so last week I installed a 6" lift and once we got it done I could barley turn right at all. So I decided to put a drop pitman arm on yesterday with a buddy, thinking that was the issue. But I still have the problem, and I very badly need to fix it and don't know what it is. Turning left is completely fine however. Any help would be appreciated, as it feels like I'm trying to steer an 18 wheeler right now. Thanks.
 
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Old 06-16-2016, 07:30 PM
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May need to post some pics
 
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Old 06-16-2016, 07:40 PM
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Year? You have something out of whack. If you didn't put on a pitman arm to begin with what else are you missing? Are you using kit or throwing parts at it? Put some pics up and we'll see what you have going on.
 
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Old 06-16-2016, 08:55 PM
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Pics?
And what kit did you install? Also who installed it?
 
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Old 06-17-2016, 12:15 AM
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My guess is that the pitman arm was not indexed correctly when it was installed.
 
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Old 06-17-2016, 12:39 AM
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He had the problem with the stock pitman arm before changing it ant if I recall correctly the pitman arm in indexed so it will only go on one way like the slipyoke splines on the driveshaft. Although everyone seems to think its necessary to marks that to put it back together the same way. Anyways I'll check a pitman arm tomorrow to make sure I got atleast one laying around. Did you use a track bar drop bracket? And did you straighten out the steering wheel when you were done by adjusting the drag link?
 
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Old 06-24-2016, 04:22 PM
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thanks everyone for the responses but we got it figured out. the shop messed up my alignment when i went to get one and so me and my buddy fixed it.
 
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