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Leveling kit causing my steering wheel to wobble?? HELP

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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 08:46 PM
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No problem my friend, even if you get a shock that's 2" extended other than a shock relocation bracket for your truck it should work out just fine. Good luck.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 08:53 PM
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I get this and mines 2wd...I dunno what it is, kinda gets scary at times....2" level for me, with new +2" shocks....

Its bad enough (along with my control arm hitting the spring bucket) to where I almost wanna take them off
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 09:10 PM
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Matt, your signature says 3" on the front not 2. I have a 2" longer coil installed and the upper control arm with the weight of the truck is sitting about an inch of the bucket. You must be right at the limit of what you can push, that's why it keeps hitting the bucket. At this point, it's best to get rid of the lift you have in the front and look for a kit with a longer spindle. That should take care of your problem of it getting crazy. With a 3" lift even if you got longer springs and shocks the camber is REALLY hard to get right and could cause your tires to run wrong giving you hell on the road.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by cwboyjohnny24
Matt, your signature says 3" on the front not 2. I have a 2" longer coil installed and the upper control arm with the weight of the truck is sitting about an inch of the bucket. You must be right at the limit of what you can push, that's why it keeps hitting the bucket. At this point, it's best to get rid of the lift you have in the front and look for a kit with a longer spindle. That should take care of your problem of it getting crazy. With a 3" lift even if you got longer springs and shocks the camber is REALLY hard to get right and could cause your tires to run wrong giving you hell on the road.
I need to change that...In fact, im doing it now...

Its 2"....Alot of people do that height, why am I having problems but no1 else?
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 10:20 PM
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I had wobble with the TGC 2.5" kit too, I took it out. TGC says that teit 2" kit fixes the problem, I have not tried it yet....
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 10:31 PM
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2" for sure. Matt you look like a 2wd. the problem you may have is you have blocks in the back with a 2" lift in the front. If you're 2wd you may want to only run the 2 inches in the front and take the blocks off the back. It may take a little pressure off the front since the normal stance is a rake in the front. Just something to consider, and I may be wrong.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2010 | 10:34 PM
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Yea it is 2wd....and I don't think taking the blocks out would change much....1 1/2" over the length of the truck is pretty minimal

I posted the pics so you could see the spring bucket/control arm problem
also see how tight my brake lines are?
 
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by 4.7Ram5.7Rango
Lol, yeah yeah yeah Johnny I wouldnt call it flying, but enough to bounce'er around a bit. (If I went over 10mph up this thing, I wouldn't have a front end, lol) I said I wouldnt wheel this thing 'till its paid for, and I still find a way to tear **** up, lol.

Maybe Ill just let the rubber wear down the rest of the way, then I can convince the ol' lady how unsafe they are and how I 'need' those NTG's
4.7Ram5.7Rango - you want OEM length with a spacer. You can also buy the longer shock kits to REPLACE the spacer (not in addition to the spacer). It seems that buying longer shocks and removing the spacer is probably the better solution. Unfortunately, I learned about this a few days after buying and installing new Rancho 5k's in OEM length, so I just kept the spacer.

Note that this is for those of us with struts on the front.

joe
 
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Old Jan 21, 2010 | 09:19 AM
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Matt, you definately need to get some longer brake lines. It's just wild that you have a 2wd and if the spacers on the front are truly only 2" if you put 1.5" blocks in the back just from looking at your picture that the front end sits so high. I would expect that your front end would sit just a tad bit lower than the rear. Normally 2-2.5" spacers on the front level the truck with the back. If you put blocks in the back the back should sit an inch or so higher. Did you do the spacers yourself?
 
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