Just bought a 99 dakota. It has the aluminum 15x8 rims and 31.5x10 tires. The outer tie rod ends are hitting the inside of the rims when turning full to either left or right. Themecanical stops are there on the lower control arms but the tie rod is hitting the rimbefore it hits the stop. Any ideas?
thanks.

 

You are using wheels with an offset that is incorrect for your truck. Unfortunately, you will need to replace the wheels, or you can get the hub extenders, like I did, off of eBay. Below is a link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Wheel...spagenameZWDVW

If you think that you don't need 1.5" of additional offset, you can try one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4-Dod...spagenameZWDVW

 

Do all stock dakota trucks use these back spacers? It doesnt make sense why they would put these rims on a truck knowing spacers would be needed? I have thought about drilling a hole in the mechanical stop to put a bolt through it so I can adjust the stop? Seems like poor quality control at the factory to me.
thanks for your reply.

 

My tie rod ends have an offset to them. Are the tie rod ends interchangeable? Are they threaded the same or are they specially made for left side or right side?
thanks.

 

Found the tie rod problem.....the tie rod ends were offset and put on wrong. The drivers side should have been on the passenger side and vice versa.