Originally Posted by jnuechte

Kubota,

You say you have 37x12.5 RT's on 20x9 +18 offset, this is the EXACT setup I want to use with a 2.5" carli front level. However I am very afraid it will rub on the radius arms and swaybar. I started a thread on this and had two people say they have this setup and theirs rubs:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ffset-rub.html

Are you 100% sure you have no rubbing anywhere? I am trying to gain confidence on the +18 offset, as I want to avoid 0mm offset as I think it sticks out a bit too much for me.

Your help is appreciated!!

Originally Posted by kylant

I have the exact same wheels as Kubota. Same size and offset. I was running the same 37 toyo RT. I had rubbing. you can see Kubotas rub. I had the same. I rubbed more on the driver side, especially the sway bar.
I think the rub was more due to the sway bar drops moving the bend of the bar to a different location. and the fact the axle was still pushed to the passenger side. I have a full Carli 2.5" system with the Carli track bar adjusted as short as possible. the axle is still off center about 1/2-3/4" to the passenger side
when I had the Readylift track bar relocation bracket with the stock track bar, the axle was perfectly centered.

Originally Posted by KubotaOrange76

Took these for you, ive put about 3000 miles on the truck with these tires. Looks like radius arms may have been touched a time or two? not really sure. I do know i have never felt anything rub. The ford mud flaps on the other hand is a different story, Its taken quite a bit of tirimming to keep the tires off of them. I wanted to keep them to help keep road spray under control.

Originally Posted by kylant

I have the exact same wheels as Kubota. Same size and offset. I was running the same 37 toyo RT. I had rubbing. you can see Kubotas rub. I had the same. I rubbed more on the driver side, especially the sway bar.
I think the rub was more due to the sway bar drops moving the bend of the bar to a different location. and the fact the axle was still pushed to the passenger side. I have a full Carli 2.5" system with the Carli track bar adjusted as short as possible. the axle is still off center about 1/2-3/4" to the passenger side
when I had the Readylift track bar relocation bracket with the stock track bar, the axle was perfectly centered.

Originally Posted by Becorum

This is great information. Just to be clear with the Carli 2.5" your front axle is to one side about 1//2" and with the Readylift it was centered? Can anybody give results for a BDS leveling kit? I bought my truck with a Rough Country leveling kit already installed and the axle is to one side about 1/2" or so, I want to correct that and was thinking about BDS.

Originally Posted by jnuechte

Kubota, thanks so much for taking the pictures and clarifying things for me! This helps a lot to clarify the severity of the rub!! Might be something I can live with.



Kylant,
Thanks for the further input! I didn't realize that the Carli trackbar was not centering the axle perfectly like the Readylift relocation bracket does... I wonder if Carli knows this and is working to correct it.


So I am guessing NOT using the sway bar drop brackets helps against rubbing as Kubota's looks tucked up tight, and Kylant had worse rub with his dropped down. What does dropping the sway bar down fix? Risks to not using it?
Getting the axle centered also has to help against rub, I will need to ask Carli if they are working to fix this issue.



Thanks to the both of you!

Josh

Originally Posted by jnuechte

Kubota, thanks so much for taking the pictures and clarifying things for me! This helps a lot to clarify the severity of the rub!! Might be something I can live with.



Kylant,
Thanks for the further input! I didn't realize that the Carli trackbar was not centering the axle perfectly like the Readylift relocation bracket does... I wonder if Carli knows this and is working to correct it.


So I am guessing NOT using the sway bar drop brackets helps against rubbing as Kubota's looks tucked up tight, and Kylant had worse rub with his dropped down. What does dropping the sway bar down fix? Risks to not using it?
Getting the axle centered also has to help against rub, I will need to ask Carli if they are working to fix this issue.



Thanks to the both of you!

Josh

Originally Posted by KubotaOrange76

Yay

Originally Posted by Becorum

Let us know how she feels now!

Originally Posted by KubotaOrange76

As expected, huge difference to me. I don't find myself cussing at the truck shifting or not shifting. I drove thru some mountains today, some normal traffic and some highway mixed with two lane yesterday and today.

Feels like the torque is finally being utilized now. Shift pattern is similar to stock, Keeps you in high gear under low load situations, firm smooth shifts but not hard, i could stand them to be a little firmer, torque convertor is quicker to lockup in the lower gears, Im not sure but i believe lockup in 3rd and maybe second, i will pay more attention. Before normal driving I only noticed lockup late in 4th gear, even pulling a hill accelerating, which was extremely frustrating. Also there used to be an annoying lag, say coming down a hilll with exhaust brake on at ~40 mph, start back into it with minimal throttle and she would just hang there at 2500 rpm and i would be cussing shift you @!#$%. That seems to be improved.

Overall, crisp firm shifts, more efficient shift pattern and more tq convertor lockup. I will confirm if there is lockup in 2nd or 3rd now in normal driving.

Its too bad you cant tune the trans on a stock truck without tuning engine, this would be a huge improvement.

If it ever stops raining im going to set her on kill and give it a run, now that ive got some extra line pressure to hold the power

Originally Posted by KubotaOrange76

have a link?

Originally Posted by KubotaOrange76

Took these for you, ive put about 3000 miles on the truck with these tires. Looks like radius arms may have been touched a time or two? not really sure. I do know i have never felt anything rub. The ford mud flaps on the other hand is a different story, Its taken quite a bit of tirimming to keep the tires off of them. I wanted to keep them to help keep road spray under control.