Dropped stepside wheel rear wheel location...

[C10_ustacould]

This is a carry over thread to discuss the issue of rear wheel placement issue found on dropped/bagged stepside trucks. Here is a copy and past of the last post on the subject in Portmod7's thread.


Quote:
Originally Posted by BucksSS
One question, If someone is planning to do your coil over drop member in the future, is there an alternative that would move the axle forward and be used with the dropmember later to avoid wasting money?

(Sorry we've hijacked ur thread!)

Qoute from Porterbuilt:
"The Notch is the only component that is different in the Dropmember Extreme kits. On the fleetside, you would place our trailing arm x-member in its rearmost mounting holes. This locates it 1.5" further back in the frame. When running a step side bed, the trailing arm x-member is located in its forward most mounting holes (keeping it in the factory location)."

"Quote:
Originally Posted by lolife99
For coil spring trucks,... or trucks with the bag in the stock spring location,... would there be any issues?

The length of the PB trailing arm would be 1" shorter,... but the coil spring/bag mount on the trailing arm would have to be either:

1) moved back 1" on the trailing arm to align with the upper hole in the frame.
or
2) left in the stock placement on the arm,... and the frame would have to have the spring cup hole (in the frame) drilled 1" farther forward.

Does anyone see issues with either option?

Oops,... SORRY for the hijack."

Quote from Porterbuilt
"These are all things that we would need to discuss if we were to build a "custom" set for somebody (that means that it varies from standard production). A few different ways to skin this cat!

I don't want to detract from Portmod's thread on his sweet little step-side. If necessary we can carry this dialogue on in a different location."