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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 07:07 PM
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Anyone with the independent front axle put a lift on? I installed a 4 inch suspension lift on mine and the tires are angled in. I would like to know how to straighten the axle out. It looks like something to do with the drag link and tie rod ends? any help would be appreciated.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 07:59 PM
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tops of the tires are bowed in? your camber is off. needs to be alighed.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 10:45 PM
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The tires look like this..... \ / not that drastic, but they are bowed in. I put everything on correctly. It just seems that the drag link and tie rod ends are really pulling the tires inward. What it looks like I need to do, is get an extension from the drag link to the drivers side inner tie rod end.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 06:17 PM
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like i said. it needs to be alighned.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 06:37 PM
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Okay. Thanks DC.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 02:54 AM
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Thats what happens to these trucks with the TTB front end when you lift them. I am in the middle of installing poly bushings and extra leafs in the front of my 93. If you installed a complete kit with pivot arm drop brackets, you just need to get it aligned. Even a lift as small as mine makes a very noticeable difference in the wheel angle before it's aligned.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 05:45 PM
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yeah. What I ended up doing is getting adjustable ball joints. I actually had to take a leaf out of the springs Rough Country sent me.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 07:41 PM
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yep. thats how they set the camber. change the "bushing" on the top balljoint to make it adjustable.
 
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Old Sep 17, 2011 | 03:20 AM
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Would the same apply when using Sky Mfg. reverse shackle kit?
 
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Old Sep 17, 2011 | 04:48 AM
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no, you have a solid axle. his is the TTB front end.
 
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