im working on putting the control arms on and the spacers its giving me a ton of fits the studs and nuts they provide i cant seem to get them to work and are having to go with a shorter slotted nut i was just wondering if anybody else that has installed this lift ran into any problems in this area

 

got a picture of the issue? it would help greatly since a few people here have installed the lift themselfs....

Picture is worth a thousand words.... :/

 

well i figured it out i went got got some locknuts and heavy duty loctite since there isnt one store in this town that has slotted nuts

 

a new problem has come up now the sidewall of my tires is rubbing on my upper control arm and not sure exactly what spacers to get since i just bought the new wheels dont have a picture right now but im looking to go with

 

tire size? rim offset? did you et the proper offset rims you were originally looking at? if so you got issues somewere ,


are they rubbing on suspension flex or when turning?

 

no i got 33x1250x15 on and got 4.5 backspacing and the sidewall is rubbing a littlebit on the control arm

trailmaster said needed atleast 4.5 BS but i didnt think about it rubbing on the control arm

 

4.5 don't cut it... sorry .. the instructions that originally came with it specify 3.75 backspace but 4 does work


if you had bigger rims 4.5 would work but I believe would require 17's or so ...


also width of rim has an effect on width of tire...

 

the instruction that come with it say 4.5 min

page 2 .3 http://www.autotrucktoys.com/pdf/TMDD43.pdf

and yes i know the width affects it also but i didnt put the 2 together

 

actually the trailmaster install manual says maximum backspace cannot exceed 4 1/8th and distance from rim/hub mating surface to edge of tire cannot exceed 4 3/4 inch




Now this is the Manual that should have came with the lift kit unless it was missing ...



Source (CrazyRT's private collection)






anyway the spacers u posted are good I had a set of 1.5's and 2.0's and well made just make sure you use the supplied nuts to mount to truck as truck ones might be to long to fit between spacer and rim

 

that PDF is the exact one that came with the kit and it still says

Wheel Change Necessary: Maximum back space of rims
cannot exceed 4-1/2". Fig. 1. Distance from rim/hub mating
surface to inner side wall of tire cannot exceed 4-3/4". Fig. 2.
Ensure rim and tire combination you choose provides
adequate clearance between tire sidewall and upper control
arm.

but thanks though