fabiangmc

So finally installed my drop kit. Any suggestions on where to go get alignment done and get pinion angle set around DFW area?

bigsapper

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Get your alignment done at the dealership. Seriously.

You should not need pinion angle adjustments if you used the Belltech kit. Which kit did you use?

fabiangmc

Yeah i was thinking dealership.
I used Djm kit.

bigsapper

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You may not need a pinion adjustment. A transmission shop should be able to get a measurement for you.

Not sure where in DFW you are, but I've had Distinctive Motorsports in Plano do my lowering kit and tweaking on it.

black00chev

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If your area is any place like mine, you have to go to the dealer since no one else's alignment heads can do over 18" wheels lol.

fabiangmc

Did you have your drive shaft shortened after you lowered your truck?

Any yea i'm in a small town with not too many good shops around.

bigsapper

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I had to have mine cut 1.5".

fabiangmc

How'd you get to 1.5"? Wondering if i should get mine cut the same amount or might it need different

bigsapper

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The afore mentioned shop sent it out to a driveshaft shop in Fort Worth (sorry I don't know the name) to have it cut.

Belltech, said if their flip kit was installed "correctly" then the drive shaft wouldn't have needed to be cut. I asked them if I needed to remove the driveshaft after the fact would it come out and they didn't have a response.

Bit

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I had similar issue with a Mcnaughy 2/4 kit. It was the first one I did on a 2014. I removed the drive shafts to install the kit, when I went to reinstall it, it wouldn't fit. I called Mcnaughy and they weren't much help. Only told me that they never remove the drive shaft. After I loosened it all up the driveshafted install just fine and it all bolted up correctly. I learned the tricks and have done the others with no problems and don't remove the driveshaft.