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07-24-2010, 04:41 PM | #1 |
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Is something wrong here? thought I'd be lower...
Just installed plates, cups, 2600 lb bags and the control arms are still about 1-1.5" off the ground? I have 3" drop spindles, 245-40-20 tires, I assumed I'd be able to get the control arms on the ground or at least very close. It looks like the bag is just bottomed out, shocks not holding it up either. Ideas?
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07-24-2010, 06:58 PM | #2 |
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Re: Is something wrong here? thought I'd be lower...
Did you try cutting your cups down a hair?
Ive read about people taking 1" to 1.5" off |
07-24-2010, 09:11 PM | #3 |
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Re: Is something wrong here? thought I'd be lower...
It looks like if I take any more off the cup the bag is going to rub on the LCA. Actually it looks like bag is just bottomed out, damn I was hoping it would be an inch or two lower. I may have to pull the LCA and weld in a pipe so I can lose the cups.
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07-24-2010, 09:10 PM | #4 |
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Re: Is something wrong here? thought I'd be lower...
What cups are you running? Have you checked the bump stops? Are your tires hitting the fender liners? With a 3" spindle, Ride Tech cups, and the fender liners removed, my 82 Blazer would lay the A-arms hard.
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You can do that if you like, but it's not necessary. You are hitting somewhere.
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I "think" the Ride Tech cups are shorter so that might make a difference. The upper plates do bring the bag as far to the outside as possible.
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Re: Is something wrong here? thought I'd be lower...
more info on ordering the ride tech cups, these cups are already cut down??
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07-25-2010, 11:58 PM | #10 |
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They aren't "cut down" that's just the height they offer. To order them, check with any of our forum vendors that are Ride Tech dealers, or go direct to the Ride Tech site.
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07-26-2010, 10:24 AM | #11 |
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Re: Is something wrong here? thought I'd be lower...
do you have any pics of you setup?
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07-26-2010, 02:47 PM | #12 |
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I'll grab some this afternoon, I left my camera in the work truck this weekend
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Re: Is something wrong here? thought I'd be lower...
Have you actually removed the shocks yet to make sure they aren't holding her up? Sometimes they can look like they aren't restricting the amount of dump... I would remove them just to test it out. Even with the cups at the height you requested you should be lower than that.
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07-26-2010, 06:20 PM | #15 |
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Re: Is something wrong here? thought I'd be lower...
I would say that ball joint is maxed out...
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07-26-2010, 06:27 PM | #16 |
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Thats what I was thinking, what do I do now? try a better brand of ball joint? Or am I going to have to stup up and get tubular arms that fix the ball joint angle? I bought 20" wheels so I would have to worry about a bunch of extra work/money getting it low. Damn
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Re: Is something wrong here? thought I'd be lower...
Got a picture of your cups? I just looked back at some of my old pics and with 3" spindles and a 29" tire my arms werent at that extreme of an angle.
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I'll get some more pictures soon, there were no cups installed when I took that picture of the ball joint
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07-26-2010, 08:48 PM | #19 |
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Ooops... I just realized that picture was after I Z'd the frame. Either way, you seem to have another issue.
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07-26-2010, 09:22 PM | #20 |
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ya that bj seems ridiculous, i dont think mine get close to that angle.
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07-26-2010, 10:05 PM | #21 |
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ideas? suggestions?
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Adam That's why they call it a shortcut Kyle, if it was easy it would just be the way. 86 c-10 SWB 85 CCSB 90 GMC K30 Crew SRW 1985 C30 Dually Last edited by cochino12; 07-26-2010 at 10:06 PM. |
07-27-2010, 03:16 PM | #22 |
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Re: Is something wrong here? thought I'd be lower...
Just thinking out loud here but do you have any shims in your upper control arm?
The BJ angle is way to much. Probably whats holding you up and even if its not it should be corrected.
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07-27-2010, 05:24 PM | #23 |
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There are a ton of shims in the upper arm, I'll try pulling some of them out and see if that helps.
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07-27-2010, 06:46 PM | #24 |
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Damn, pulled all but one of the shims and it definitely has more -camber but it doesnt get any lower. Arrggghhhhh
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How does your Balljoint angle look now?
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