2001 Ram Offroad Sport Question
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RE: 2001 Ram Offroad Sport Question
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There's probably a couple of details you should plan on considering when you install some extra lift.
When you add lift to a four link suspension without changing A. the length of the control arms, and B. the length of your track bar, you will A. change your caster and scrub radius and B. move your axle inward on the right side. Thats because the axle is shifted to the left by the geometry of the track bar.
The suggestion that you run longer control arms on an off road when you lift it cures most of those potential issues. what many find when they don't use the arms and run 35s is that depending again on the rim, if they don't hit the arms, they hit sheet metal or the plastic in the back of the fender.
There's probably a couple of details you should plan on considering when you install some extra lift.
When you add lift to a four link suspension without changing A. the length of the control arms, and B. the length of your track bar, you will A. change your caster and scrub radius and B. move your axle inward on the right side. Thats because the axle is shifted to the left by the geometry of the track bar.
The suggestion that you run longer control arms on an off road when you lift it cures most of those potential issues. what many find when they don't use the arms and run 35s is that depending again on the rim, if they don't hit the arms, they hit sheet metal or the plastic in the back of the fender.
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RE: 2001 Ram Offroad Sport Question
yah another inch and you should be able to get 35s under there, ive got a 3 in lift (no offroad package) and ive got 35s under it, my tires do rub on the control arms at full turn but offset rims will fix that. i was a little worried about them rubbing when the suspension flexed but after 6 hrs of wheeling this weekend ive put that thought to rest no rubbing because if flex and even tryed turinign the wheels but no rub (good)
