Why wouldn't this work ????
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Why wouldn't this work ????
ok on a TTB front end or even a old coil and solid axle front end Iwould think you would be able to put some kind of block under the coil spring to add some lift because Iknow on a leaf spring front end you never install blocks they will wrap under the vehicle the second you need to lock up the brakes. BUT on the coil spring front end it seems to me all you would need is a grade 8 threaded rod cut to the length you need witha nut to hold it to the axle and since there are radius arms the axle will not move backwards or side to side so the block wouldn't buckle under stress of hitting the brakes hard all it so in theory all the coil stud is doing is traveling up and down unlike the leaf spring front end where the spring and center pin hold the axle square. But on the TTB the radius arms hold everything square so the blocks shouldn't be affected in any way. I think this could work what do you think ?????
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Why wouldn't this work ????
Pep Boys makes a block like thing for coils called a coil spacer, its just like a block thats round that you put under the springs. but when you do this your alignment would go way off and the axles wouldnt be strait across.
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as for the alignment tuff country and rough country sell all the brackets seperately as if you bought a lift kit you could buy the pivot brackets and radius arms from JC Whitney cheaper than a whole lift kit
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Why wouldn't this work ????
With spacers you can only go an inch or two at most. After that the camber gets so far off it isn't fixable. That is why all TTB lift kits 4" or more have drop pivot brakets to compensate for camber and drop radius brackets to compensate for caster angle. This also keeps the driveline angles intact with the exception of the driveshaft. You can fix the camber from 1 or 2" of lift fairly easily with cams that change the angle of the upper ball joints. They run about 30 bucks apiece. The caster angle from that little amount of lift ins't affected enough to need adjusting. Someone correct me if im wrong. Also, on dodge 3/4 ton and 1 ton models they usually use spacers simply because there is so many different spring rates it would be nearly impossible to get the right coils for your truck that would give the appropriate amount of lift. With our TTB they are pretty much the same.
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Why wouldn't this work ????
my truck is on 35's but everytime I lift it just alittle more it is like getting a tattoo you get one then another and another well my truck is the same way I get it done and look at it and just have to go higher
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