[Robznob11]

Originally Posted by Robznob11

Wow i have some what the same issue but i have 6" drop springs and the cpp x member that has the front mounts welded upside down permanatly. My pinion is still only at 4.5 up. Are you measuring at ride hight? Fully weighted on level ground? Can you drop the tranny any? 1/2" will gain you about 2.5 to 3* may not be good if you have a carb but you could check to see how level it sets after you drop it. If you have efi you can set it anywhere. I would remeasure tho caus i cant imagin how you got the pion up that much with your set up are you pulling the driveline and taking the measurement off the yoke face only other place is to pull the cover and take it off the machiened surface. Anywhere else yelds a false reading.

My soultion my tranny was 4* down and pinion 4.5 up. And rear end higher than tranny. Wich made the driveline run .5* up hilll yikes. So i put a 1/2 plate under tranny mount that made it 1* down and run 4* shims to set pinion at .5* up wich is actually .5* down as compared to front. So it can climb some. Re weld would have been better but like you i really did not want to do that. If you look up hotchkis antisquat kit it comes with 5* shims again leads me to believe you have a false mesurement caus people raise the brackets all the time. And from a preformance stand point it makes alot of sense in straight line or road corse. Every one knows trucks blow the tires off and in corners the rear tries to come see the front and the raising of the arms corrects the geomotry to prevent that.