Lowering tow vehicle
I've raised my fw about as far as I want to go with it and its still a little nose high. I have about 4 1/2" clearance on the bedrails on my 2012 Sierra 2500. I was hoping to lower the truck about 2 ...
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tegu69 wrote:Chuck_thehammer wrote:
when you lower the suspension.
check rear end angle. otherwise you will damage the U-joints.
replace rubber bump-stops. with shorter urethane ones.
my Ram is 2 inches lower in the front.. and 4 inches lower in the rear. done 8 years ago.
and If you change is more than 2 inches .. you need to get different shocks.. as they are also used as a travel limiter...
Thanks, that's a good point about checking the rear end angle, but I wonder; If you lower rear 2" and put weight on to lower it another 2", for a total of 4", would that be the same as putting more weight that would equal 4" on an unmodified truck.
If I lowered front the same amount as the rear, I would imagine that the angle would remain the same.
Not the same as more weight. More weight would deflect the front and back of the spring, keeping the pinion angle similar. Lifting one end of the spring up changes the angle. It's not just broken u-joints but the vibration you may end up with if the pinion isn't parallel to the transmission output. People go through great pains to correct that with shims. I would want shims if one hanger were changed.
