Lifting My Rear End - Rev 2
This post is a continuation of my earlier post relating to inserting spacer blocks between my upper spring pack and lower overload spring. see: http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/t...
Forum Discussion
Good info!
I need to do something similar to mine. Just wish the overload spring had a hole in it like the chevies. Need to get a little more creative on how to secure them. Kevlar duct tape?? haha
Regarding your front tires, I believe it was not primarily becasue your truck wasn't level (rear sagging), but because you have enough weight on the back to unload the front suspension. Leveling the truck's ride height will not do much towards transferring weight forward.
Solid axle trucks dont have this issue becasue the camber does not change with position of thesuspension where it does with an IFS.
If you re-set camber to account for the loaded condition you'd have negative camber when unloaded and wear out the insides of the itres instead when empty.
Example: My setup is heavy in the back. CG of the camper is behind the rear wheels by about 8", combined with the trailer tongue weight, even though my bags level the truck up, steering is still light. In the 2000mi maiden voyage with the camper last week I had zero noticable front tire wear (solid front axle) and took about 10k miles off the back tires. Of course my tires arent ideal for heavy loads either. They have the capacity, 3950lbs/ea, but being siped mudders they wear rather quickly under heavy load.
IMO only thing that will cure your tire wear issue is to get more weight forward on the truck so that the front axle is seeing close to normal weight.
I need to do something similar to mine. Just wish the overload spring had a hole in it like the chevies. Need to get a little more creative on how to secure them. Kevlar duct tape?? haha
Regarding your front tires, I believe it was not primarily becasue your truck wasn't level (rear sagging), but because you have enough weight on the back to unload the front suspension. Leveling the truck's ride height will not do much towards transferring weight forward.
Solid axle trucks dont have this issue becasue the camber does not change with position of thesuspension where it does with an IFS.
If you re-set camber to account for the loaded condition you'd have negative camber when unloaded and wear out the insides of the itres instead when empty.
Example: My setup is heavy in the back. CG of the camper is behind the rear wheels by about 8", combined with the trailer tongue weight, even though my bags level the truck up, steering is still light. In the 2000mi maiden voyage with the camper last week I had zero noticable front tire wear (solid front axle) and took about 10k miles off the back tires. Of course my tires arent ideal for heavy loads either. They have the capacity, 3950lbs/ea, but being siped mudders they wear rather quickly under heavy load.
IMO only thing that will cure your tire wear issue is to get more weight forward on the truck so that the front axle is seeing close to normal weight.
