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Originally Posted by 1tonblaze
right now my front drive shaft is hitting the crossmeber and the pinon yoke still sits about 1 inch to 1 1/2 inches below the drive shaft .
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You have more lift than the stock driveshaft can handle. This is a much bigger problem than you think. First of all an inch to inch and a half is quite a bit, especially if you are talking about "at ride height", this would give you no downward travel at all.
Second, it's going to take more than a few degrees to get the pinion up that much, which will give you steering problems from the caster issue it creates.
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Originally Posted by dutchmanz
Back in the day, nobody used lift springs in the front, not around here anyway. Unless they were some rich farmers son, they had blocks. My truck still has 4" blocks that have been there 20 years or so.
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I first started working on these trucks nearly 30 years ago and have only seen a few with blocks on the front....and those were brought to me to remove. I would not say it was ever common....but it's always dangerous.
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