Okay so I have a 2002 dodge ram 1500 with a rough country lift well the front diff is already dropped with the kit but I added longer shackles in the back and have rough country torsion keys in the front it's lifted a lot to the point where I know my cv axles are going to fail I have no idea when but they will my question is have any of you dropped the diff even further than what the rough country kit comes with I'd like to grind some of the diff drop bracket down to get at least another half inch to an inch of room to make brackets to extend it even lower to level out the axles a little better what do you guys think???

 

Have a look at the current brackets, make new ones that are a bit longer. Modifying the existing ones will weaken them, and you REALLY don't want those to break when you are using 'em.

Any competent machine should should be able to do ya up.

 

I guess I never thought of that you don't think it'll affect my control arms and what not ?? You think I should just get a whole new bracket made or try to extend my current one?

 

That's independent front suspension, is it not? Anyone make a lift kit in the flavor you want? That would be the *best* way.......

 

Yes it is and the lift kit is a believe rough countrys 5 inch and I'm not sure if they make any bigger ones or not? If another brand made a drop bracket that drops the diff more than the rough country I'd do that too. I don't know I'd like to know your thoughts I'm not a lift kit specialist by any means.

 

I am not a fan of mixing and matching lift kit parts........ the good kits are engineered to work well, changing one component may compromise other aspects of the lift. Think I would be more tempted to leave the suspension at whatever the lift kit was designed for, and if you need more clearance, add a body lift.