Lower leveled the truck. Pics of lift blocks removed and 1" shackle drop
#21
Here is a picture of mine with the bell tech rear 3 inch kit. Removed block and used the 2 inch hole. Sits almost exactly level. Have had it like that for about 2k miles (only 5300 on it now) and it drives exactly like it did before. Still want to go down 2 more in the front and rear. Have not towed anything with it so far. Happy to see yours pulled that boat fine.
Anyway if you want to go 2 more on each end, have you looked at the rough country 2/4 kit? It's really low cost and would give you the measurements you're after. You could do a 1" drop shackle with their rear flip kit to make it a 5" rear drop.
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Just another tip, remove the last 4 bed bolts if you do not want to smash the metal bed seams with a hammer. I didn't want to chip my paint and cause any extra corrosion so I did it that way.
If you remove 2 bed bolts from each side it allows the bed to push up and clear the top of the frame for the shackle bolts. With the hitch gone it makes quick work of the bolts with a electric impact gun.
If you remove 2 bed bolts from each side it allows the bed to push up and clear the top of the frame for the shackle bolts. With the hitch gone it makes quick work of the bolts with a electric impact gun.
#26
Just another tip, remove the last 4 bed bolts if you do not want to smash the metal bed seams with a hammer. I didn't want to chip my paint and cause any extra corrosion so I did it that way.
If you remove 2 bed bolts from each side it allows the bed to push up and clear the top of the frame for the shackle bolts. With the hitch gone it makes quick work of the bolts with a electric impact gun.
If you remove 2 bed bolts from each side it allows the bed to push up and clear the top of the frame for the shackle bolts. With the hitch gone it makes quick work of the bolts with a electric impact gun.
Yeah that's what got me, super low cost and really good reviews.
#27
A couple of days ago I put the shackles at the highest hole ( most amount of drop ) and checked the alignment again. I need to correct what I said before, there's plenty of alignment adjustability left, I maxed it out before because I was shooting for over 5 degrees of caster, but that's a personal preference.
I DID NOT shim the rear end because my drive line vibration is better than ever, I've always had a vibration from around 54-60 or so MPH under heavy acceleration and it's now almost gone. Best I can tell I'm around 2 degrees of pinion angle too, which is great.
The truck was bouncing off the rear bump stops so I cut one nub off of them and the truck rides excellent, I really dig this whole setup.
The cheapy shock extenders I got at PEP Boys fit great and went in super easy. Ride effex 13-6540
I DID NOT shim the rear end because my drive line vibration is better than ever, I've always had a vibration from around 54-60 or so MPH under heavy acceleration and it's now almost gone. Best I can tell I'm around 2 degrees of pinion angle too, which is great.
The truck was bouncing off the rear bump stops so I cut one nub off of them and the truck rides excellent, I really dig this whole setup.
The cheapy shock extenders I got at PEP Boys fit great and went in super easy. Ride effex 13-6540
#29
I'm sure I'll still bounce off of them when I pull the boat but I pull short distances, I'm only a few miles from the lake so no biggie.
I did the shock extenders to hopefully not bottom out the shocks, I think they would have been okay but the extenders were only $23 so why not..
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