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[y5mgisi]

Thats a tough one. Sometimes you can tap the "ball joint" (i think your talking about the draglink) back down into its seat to get it to quit turning. Other times you can strategically place a C clamp to shove it back into its seat to keep it from turning. Other times you have to tighten it back up real tight and then loosen it.

 

[Fordum]

Like he said. What you may not realize, it that the ball is supposed to turn. So its not likely you will jam it.

The shaft that goes through the arm and has the nut on it is tapered. The harder its jammed into the arm, the less its able to turn.
When you force something between the arm and the ball, you are releasing the shaft to turn easier.

You need to drive the ball towards the nut.
Like he said, sometimes you can tighten the nut and draw the shaft into the arm tighter and it will hold.

 

[justin775]

thanks for the tips will try that tomorrow. as you can tell im kinda new to working on my own stuff hence dont kno the names of things and such... always used to drive toyotas and only did engine work on those so thats about the end of my experiance.

 

[scrappyk5]

slips to far in also i think. = shaft to long.

agreed, I am surprised you didnt bust the t-case when you would hit a big bump.

 

[justin775]

the rear of the tranny does leak so it is probably all bad........ anybody know a place in reno nv that i can get bolt sleeves?

 

[justin775]

new 4" springs in front thing is going to look mean once i cut the fenders.i actually have suspension up front now yay!!!! got to wait for my u bolts to do the rear tho.

 

[y5mgisi]

Oh wow i dont know how i didnt notice that you were going to 4" springs! Thats awesome! Good choice! Im proud of you!

 

[justin775]

before

after

 

[sweetk30]

now she look GOOD

just need a zero rate in the front to move the axle forward 1" to real help and trim some fenders back a hair.

and to match the front i would just add a zero rate stright up on the rear no moving the axle.

looks real nice there buddy.

 

[BoondocK5]

Wow! Big difference, it looks good now.

 

[justin775]

thanks guys yea im a little frustrated but i got it done the people that put the lift on in the first place need to be beat but i got it done through all there n rigging and what not just got to get the driveline done and new shocks and shes good to go... found out my rear springs were 3" short just like the front so im going to have to handle that sometime soon......

 

[y5mgisi]

Congrats man! You are going to now have a truck you can actually enjoy driving! Looks perfect!