Noticed this last weekend. When I drop out the passenger side the drag link hits the leaf spring. I'm not really sure if I'm going to try & do anything about it... I'm also kind of suprized at how much bump steer this rig has.
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Yeah I thought crossover was supposed to eliminate bumpsteer .
Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to use a chain to see how much of a limiting strap you'd need. Then limit travel on that side, would suck to kill that tie rod end prematurely.
Not on my ride...yee-ha!
Trying to button up what I can before Tuttle on Saturday. Finished the rear body mounts, tacked in the floor over the transfer case, squirted some grease. Limit straps will be here tomorow & I'll have to get at least the front ones on tomorow night. I am NOT going to blow up a new Tom Woods driveline!
That's weird. My hydro-assist got rid of all bump steer and/or death wobble.
More like band aid. Those issues are still there
I'd advocate correcting those, then add hydro. Makes the truck drive better
I am aware. Which is why the front end is getting torn down. But as a truck that very rarely drives on the road, it's not much of an issue for me.
It's a D60 thing. Even with new components in the king pin system and new TRE/DRE ends, they may still wobble. Pinion correction shims also amplify the issue.
High pinion is a wonderful thing. Fixes drive line angle so you can fix caster/camber and everything else without creating a sympathy issues.
Wish GM would have done that from the factory
I do have a HP60, just not on the K5...
Simpathy issues... I think sympathy issues are going to be the nail in the coffin towards a linked front end. I moved my front axle to where I wanted it & the tie rod hit the spring plate. Moved it back, bought a god awefull expensive long slip driveshaft to accommodate leaf springs, rotated pinion up to correct driveline angles & now my drag link hits my springs. I am thinking maybe when I cut my C's & rotate them to correct caster I may gain the clearance I need for the drag link. Also hoping correcting my caster & a good alignment will help lesion the bump steer somehow. I WILL be driving this thing long distances & need it to play nice on the road.
you're running EZ inches in front right? Remove those and push your B52's forward instead. Also add some bolts so they don't fall off 
you're running EZ inches in front right? Remove those and push your B52's forward instead. Also add some bolts so they don't fall off
Roger, Easy inch & B52's. I had the easy inches all the way forward to begin with. Then I needed to "tune" my shackle angle & I moved my springs all of the way forward in the B-52's. With the easy inchs forward, & the B52's forward my drag link hit my bigass spring plate. At this time my springs are as far forward in the b52's as possible & the easy inches are centered. It's like the hammer game at Chucky Cheese. You smack one of the little f-ers and another one pops up somewhere else!
easy solution is to remove the easy inch and your drag link won't hit the spring plate.
