schamran

I have heard that you can change the pinion angle of your front axle to better match the driveshaft, but I am wondering how many degrees, or how much lower in the front without making it unsafe? Any ideas? Thanks!

Mcmopar

You can use shims or grind off and reweld the spring perches. You will probably want to raise the pinion yolk if you have lifted the truck very much.

schamran

Well I am in the process of deciding what size drop hangers I want to get for the front of the springs. If I have the drop hangers made slightly longer than the shackles I will improve my driveshaft angle. This is the only lift the truck is getting. It will keep the stock springs that are bent backwards for now. lol I know that if I go too far it is kind of dangerous because the wheels will not have as much camber/caster? to them when they turn, so I don't know how much to go.

feveree40

angled shims between the spring and perch will help some, but like you mentioned, the more you tilt the axle the less caster you have, and steering becomes goofy. With my 6" lift I had shims that were about 1/2" thick toward the rear to a point at the front. They came with the skyjacker lift springs. It drove ok, but you could feel a big difference in the steering, like it wanted to drift a lot more.

Jungle

Check this out for drop hangers.

http://ramchargercentral.com/jungles...with-shackles/

Jim

sooty

if you cant the knuckles forward, youll negatively impact your caster, and tire wear. i changed the angle grinding the knuckle welds to spin the pinion up, the reset the knucks back to 1* positive (top leaning toward rear) rewelded knuckles, i can say, that was a lot of work

Mcmopar

Wow, you can say that again!!!

schamran

Dude those are NICE! I was thinking about buying a set, but I decided against it because I have a welder and a band saw. lol I was thinking about going all the way across with them, but I didn't see the need. I think it would have been cool to go all the way across though, and put amber LED parking lights in em so they can be seen under the bumper. Might still do that. lol

Edit: Could've put a receiver hitch on there too!

Jungle

Thanks!!
Jim