I had a 2" Rough Country leveling kit and Rancho Shock's the 5000 put on my wife's 04 Dodge 1500 4×2. They mechanic said the truck had a bad tie rood on the passenger side. He also said he could not do the alignment with out buying a Dodge Camber/Caster kit. Has anyone had these installed on there truck and what does it do.

 

Here is a link for them... Have them on my 07 with the 2" spacers and same shocks. Hope this helps..
http://www.jegs.com/i/Specialty%20Pr...0002/-1?CT=999

 

Thx for the link man. I need to have these put on the wife's truck. She want's to get rid of the stock 20" and go with 17" wheel's and 33" tire's. But it doesn't do any good with out a front end alignment. The mechanic said this truck was out of alignment from the factory. Is there anything else i should change in the front end lol.

 

Now how in the f*ck can the mechanic say a close to eight year old truck was out of alignment from the factory? No offense, but your mechanic is an a$$hole.

It's the leveling kit that has the front end out to the point that you need the increased adjustability of an after-market kit.

If one tie rod end is shot, replace both because the other isn't far behind and you'd have to get an alignment all over again. Do them both at the same time...

 

Second that hammer.. I would check with a different place to get the alignment done. I live out in the country and had my alignment done at two different place and still had the toe out eating my new 20" tires up. Took it to the dealer with a 2 year old alignment machine and now it is on the money.

 

I made a mistake and misunderstood the mechanic lol. He said the from the factory the truck is aligned right on the money. I told him that the truck had been hit on the passanger side and that it was out of alignment when we bought it. So i just wanted to say that i miss understood him.

 

Got the tierod end's and the Camber/Caster kit today. I will be dropping the dodge back of on monday to have them installed and the front end aligned. Also they left the red boot's off the shock's those have to be put on. Then it's off for rim's and tire's.

 

Here are a couple pic's
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