Will spring spacers mess me up?

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By Mike J. (Mudd) on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 04:07 am: Edit

I have a 2" RTE lift but my back end is a little lower than the front which isn't bad but I have been thinking about putting 1 or 2inch spacers in the back end. Will this mess up my rear drive shaft angle and give me bad vibes. I guess it would be best to go with new rear arms but... $$$ or what about changing to the 3" spring lift in back. I guess that would be even cheaper? but I dont want to get vibed.

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By Perrone Ford on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 - 05:16 am: Edit

Anytime you can lift with springs, its ALWAYS a better proposition that spacers. No one can say if you will get vibrations or not. You'll have to try it out. And all trucks are different. I have almost a 4" lift and I have no vibrations front or rear. Some get vibrations at 2".

-P

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By marty amedeo (Marty) on Wednesday, August 15, 2001 - 01:20 am: Edit

Perrone

I remember you saying a while back, that you removed your front prop shaft to eliminate the vibration, and this was after lifting your truck 2". Now you state you have a 4" lift with no vibration problems, what did you do to eliminate the vibrations. I'm assuming the front prop shaft has been reinstalled.

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of pageLink to this message   By Perrone Ford on Wednesday, August 15, 2001 - 04:01 am: Edit

I lifted my truck 5" and got a vibration problem. I was using D90 springs with spacers. I removed the front driveshaft for a totally unrelated reason. I was losing the bearings in the front of the transfer case. I then removed the 5" lift, went to RTE 3" HD springs which gives me just about 4" since I have no winch, sliders, roofrack, etc. I was then able to re-install the front driveshaft with no problems.

-P


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