this was before the last 2.5 inch lift

 

Just a word of advice don't off road that thing. You'll end up bending the axle

 

why would it do that?

 

1)2 ton axles (1500) are very weak. They were originally designed to be in a Jeep which is half the weight of the truck. A Dana 44 max tire size is 35s and that is with chromoly shafts. I run 40s on 1500 axles and just hit a dirt trail and I bent the Cs on the axle.

So basically you have a weak axle under a heavy truck with huge tires

 

ok thank you for the advice

 

Get your longer arms installed and make sure you have the proper caster. More than likely that is the cause of your DW. The advice about the axles being weak is good advice to take though. I know it’s fun to mod your tuck when you first start driving legally. I’ve been there but it gets super expensive when you start breaking stuff. I totally get the “I’m 16 and broke” thing. Been there and done that back in the early 2000s. Man those were good times though. You just do whatever you’re gonna do but you would honestly be able to have WAY more fun in the truck with a smaller more reliable setup if off-roading is your goal. I beat the living hell out of my Dakota back in the day and put it places people said I couldn’t. Also wondering did you re-gear for the bigger tires? That’s the next thing I would be worried about.

 

Anytime if I was you I would save up for an able truss and C reenforcements (just a 1/2 steel triangle welded to the C and axle)

 

This is my to school and back truck just something cool to show and to trailer my mudder to the pit I'll be buying a little Toyota to abuse. It had 3.54 gears in it and it was to high even when I had my 35s on it then I put the 40s and it was even worse so I ended up going with 4.88s

 

another question for you after I finished putting the leveling blocks on it won't hold coolant it was fine before. It's not coming from the radiator or the lines any ideas?

 

See if you can find where it's coming from. My first guess would be either the bypass hose from water pump to intake, next would be timing cover, third would be freeze plug. On mine, the one behind the engine mount sprung a leak. Coolant would flow along the oil pan, and drip off at the back of the motor.