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Bigbondo007

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So I found this for my gf. Already had a lift installed and 36's. PO had extended driveshafts fabbed up, dropped t-case, canted lift blocks. With that being said... The truck was set up for 6-8 inches of lift, yet he installed a 4" front spring and rear block setup. Front shaft only has 1/2" of inward travel left, rear shaft has 1" of inward travel, rear shaft angle is wrong as well. PO liked to play as well, jumped the truck and got all 4 tires into the fender skirts (took half a day to fix). The extension housing top bolt castings were busted and the plug popped out of the rear slip yoke. Even though he set up the suspension for 6-8" he failed to drop the sway bar and put a dropped steering link on the truck in lieu of a cross-over conversion. At least he re-geared to 4.88s. I'm still trying to figure out what direction he was going. Rant over.


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Garagefull

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You’ll probably be all right on the front driveshaft. With the shackles in the rear, the driveshaft gets longer when the springs are compressed.
 
Garagefull

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I don’t know how the previous owner even got the sway bar back on. I have to drop brackets but I don’t think they’re going to be enough
 
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