Front axle titled
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From: Spanaway
I'm no expert on lifts or coil sprung SD'so bear with me if this makes it obvious I don't own one. This looks like a simple geometry issue. Think of the radius arm like a leg of a triangle, the spring is another leg, and the horizontal distance from rear of arm to spring is the last leg and the only constant. The spring leg grew by 7". If those arms are stock, they are both rotating the diff by change of angle and bending the springs because the "leg" is now too short to keep the spring leg at the original angle relative to horizontal. That's why drop brackets or replacement arms are in the kits.
drop brackets are not on the truck. The lower spring perch is attached to the axle
housing and by moving it farther away from the top perch you will tip the lower
perch so that the spring will have the bend, A drop bracket would correct the
angle that the radius arms and bring the lower perch into the correct angle
in reference to the top one.
After I typed all of this I think I just said what Rocketgs said.
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From what is going and I see I have a feeling that your going to find that the
drop brackets are not on the truck. The lower spring perch is attached to the axle
housing and by moving it farther away from the top perch you will tip the lower
perch so that the spring will have the bend, A drop bracket would correct the
angle that the radius arms and bring the lower perch into the correct angle
in reference to the top one.
After I typed all of this I think I just said what Rocketgs said.
drop brackets are not on the truck. The lower spring perch is attached to the axle
housing and by moving it farther away from the top perch you will tip the lower
perch so that the spring will have the bend, A drop bracket would correct the
angle that the radius arms and bring the lower perch into the correct angle
in reference to the top one.
After I typed all of this I think I just said what Rocketgs said.
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From: Spanaway
The best way to get an answer to the question of "Is this correct or not"
would be to contact the manufacture of the lift kit.
It may drive OK and still be installed incorrectly. I don't like that bend
in the coil springs.
would be to contact the manufacture of the lift kit.
It may drive OK and still be installed incorrectly. I don't like that bend
in the coil springs.
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Thats what I was thinking. Before everything was straight and now it's all titled and bent. And I'm not sure if it slowly happened over time or I just hit a bump and it moved all of it. I've never paid attention too much to it since it's a top brand lift and I personally know the guy who put it on and he's always done a good job with everything.
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Since the truck has a large lift, i would guess the front axle is tilted forward to reduce the angle of the front driveshaft entering the diff.
if there are no funny noises or handling issues, i would just keep driving it and not worry.
if there are no funny noises or handling issues, i would just keep driving it and not worry.
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Thats what I was thinking. Before everything was straight and now it's all titled and bent. And I'm not sure if it slowly happened over time or I just hit a bump and it moved all of it. I've never paid attention too much to it since it's a top brand lift and I personally know the guy who put it on and he's always done a good job with everything.
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Before I put a different lift on it. It originally had a 6" Rough Courty lift on it but I didn't like the way it drove with it on, so I switched to the 7" Icon Performance lift.
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