so i looked at the kit from pep boys....2 things....the damn u bolts arent perfectly round, and the u bolt isnt wide enough to fit around my axle.

do i really need the longer u bolts? and can i bend them to fit or will this not work?

 

measure the u-bolts on the truck and see if they are long enough, if your putting in 1" blocks then the stock bolts would need to have about 1 3/4" of extra thread on them. If they dont have enough thread on them then you will need the longer bolts. Its possible to bend the u-bolts, but it is a bitch. Your local hardware store should have the right size u-bolts, just need to know how wide andlong they need to be.

 

so i can get the block spacers from pep boys...and go to home dept and get u bolts?

 

idk if home depot or lowes has them...I meant a real hardware store, ha ha..like ACE or True Value, or some kind of place like that. I know all the ACE stores around here have pretty much any size u-bolt you would need, last time I was there they had upto 15" wide u-bolts; id love to see what they are used for.

 

ok thanks, ill call ace. does anyone know what size ill need?i have a 2wd 9.25 rear axle.

and does the blocks stiffen the ride at all?

 

4WheelParts also has the block and Ubolt stuff for Rams and when I asked them about it I think they even could get a couple different sizes in the blocks depending on how high you want to go. I think they have the Ubolts custon made locally, but they are heavy duty which is nice. I can't remember how much they are, but it isn't much. I might do the same thing to mine as now the front looks a hair higher, but I might even go with the 3" body lift I don't know yet. Depends on how big the 35's look on it without the body lift? We will see.

 

And no, it won't stiffen the ride and you won't have the noise problems you get with the add a leaf.

 

ok, so i called around and home depot and ace has them...those are the only places i tried. however the guy at home depot said there may be a load rating on it? and the one from there might not be heavy duty enough????

ya i have the 3" body lift and the 2.5" level....im throwing 35's on soon man.

 

35"s in the rear and 33"s in the front,, thatll even em out... have you gotten the allignment done yet?

 

nope. ill fix my ball joint, take care of my front shocks and then get me the tires. when i go to have the tires mounted...everything that can be wrong with it will be fixed. camber, caster, aligned, balanced. everything!