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ShiftyK5

ShiftyK5

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Can you move your axle 1" forward with the zero rates and not have to change anything with your steering ? or am i gonna have to make some mods to my steering such as crossover or something like that ? need to move my axle forward some to help clear my firewall
 
Your driveshaft may need to be longer and 1" is a lot of adjustment for the stock draglink. I haven't seen one in a while but I bet that you won't have much engagement if you make it 1" longer.

How are you hitting the firewall with 35's?
 
38377k5 said:
Your driveshaft may need to be longer and 1" is a lot of adjustment for the stock draglink. I haven't seen one in a while but I bet that you won't have much engagement if you make it 1" longer.

How are you hitting the firewall with 35's?
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the driveshaft will be fine
 
Well how can you be sure that someone with a 6inch lift that their driveshaft aint to short???? thats prob. b/c it isnt.... so yes the front driveshaft will fit.
 
iwaxmyjimmy said:
Well how can you be sure that someone with a 6inch lift that their driveshaft aint to short???? thats prob. b/c it isnt.... so yes the front driveshaft will fit.
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Seriously?

You're positive that nobody with a 6" lift has ever had their driveshaft be too short.

There are lots of members on here that had to lengthen their front driveline with a 6" lift.

Maybe yours worked with a 6" lift, but there are lots of different driveshaft setups on lots of different transmission/transfer case setups.
 
38377k5 said:
Seriously?

You're positive that nobody with a 6" lift has ever had their driveshaft be too short.

There are lots of members on here that had to lengthen their front driveline with a 6" lift.

Maybe yours worked with a 6" lift, but there are lots of different driveshaft setups on lots of different transmission/transfer case setups.
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how many ppl have said they need to lengthen their driveshafts witha 4in lift and a add-a-leave? are you sure that they are not just going to a cv shaft when they go with a 6in lift?? why dont we just post a way for him to make an extremely long travel, cv, square tube driveshaft.. to me it doesnt look like he does nething but play in the mud.... he should be fine..... and if hes not you can ream me out all you want to
 
iwaxmyjimmy said:
how many ppl have said they need to lengthen their driveshafts witha 4in lift and a add-a-leave? are you sure that they are not just going to a cv shaft when they go with a 6in lift?? why dont we just post a way for him to make an extremely long travel, cv, square tube driveshaft.. to me it doesnt look like he does nething but play in the mud.... he should be fine..... and if hes not you can ream me out all you want to
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There's no need for any "reaming" :haha:

I'm not trying to be confrontational with you, just trying to make sure that this guys truck will be setup ok.

I said he may need to lengthen his front driveshaft and that is one thing to check.

I don't see how you can guarantee that his driveshaft will be long enough :dunno:
 
well theres just alot more travel in that front drive shaft than you think in my opinion....... and it looks like this guy does hit the rocks and doesn't plan hitting a 1000+ on a RTI ramp. its a mild build and he just wants a better approach angle
 
I dont hit with 35's but with my 37's i will rub the firewall slightly and i dont wanna do that.

better approach angle is always a plus i hadnt thought about that

with only a 4 inch lift plus a zero rate i thought it would be a good idea to move the axle 1" forward to help clear and do as little trimming as possible

i have 4" lift springs in the rear that sag and was planning on using the 2.5" shackle flip in the rear to help level it out some and to help the rear clear the 37's

think thats answers all the questions that people had and i had my front driveshaft lengthened a little when i had the slip yoke rebuilt a few years back so that shouldnt be a prob there

edit: and thanks for all the info been gone all day to Arkansas so was nice to see all the replies
 
Each drag link end will need to be shortened half an inch for an inch forward or three quarters of an inch if you move the front axle forwards an inch and a half.

On my M1008 I can't move the front axle forwards with the stock driveshaft and ONLY the zero rate. Just not enough slip splines there in the front driveshaft.

I do have the kind of odd TH400/208 combo though.
 
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