Will cab height increase with a level?
10-10-2013, 12:05 PM
#32
Member
your drawing makes less sense than mine, but it's all good. we all figured it out...
10-10-2013, 12:06 PM
#33
10-10-2013, 12:08 PM
#34
Senior Member
OP, slide a jack under the front of your truck and jack it up the distance of the lift. This will allow you to measure and see how it feels getting in and out of the truck.
Another option is to remove the rear suspension blocks. This will lower the roofline and lower the entry height but also levels the truck. This will reduce the fender gap too. No need for bigger tires. Keeping the stock size tires further keeps the truck lower, replacement tires are cheaper and you won't be changing your final gearing. Keeping the final gearing stock will maintain your towing and hauling capacity but also doesn't hurt your gas mileage.
Another option is to remove the rear suspension blocks. This will lower the roofline and lower the entry height but also levels the truck. This will reduce the fender gap too. No need for bigger tires. Keeping the stock size tires further keeps the truck lower, replacement tires are cheaper and you won't be changing your final gearing. Keeping the final gearing stock will maintain your towing and hauling capacity but also doesn't hurt your gas mileage.
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10-10-2013, 12:10 PM
#35
OP, slide a jack under the front of your truck and jack it up the distance of the lift. This will allow you to measure and see how it feels getting in and out of the truck.
Another option is to remove the rear suspension blocks. This will lower the roofline and lower the entry height but also levels the truck. This will reduce the fender gap too. No need for bigger tires. Keeping the stock size tires further keeps the truck lower, replacement tires are cheaper and you won't be changing your final gearing. Keeping the final gearing stock will maintain your towing and hauling capacity but also doesn't hurt your gas mileage.
Another option is to remove the rear suspension blocks. This will lower the roofline and lower the entry height but also levels the truck. This will reduce the fender gap too. No need for bigger tires. Keeping the stock size tires further keeps the truck lower, replacement tires are cheaper and you won't be changing your final gearing. Keeping the final gearing stock will maintain your towing and hauling capacity but also doesn't hurt your gas mileage.
10-10-2013, 12:15 PM
#36
Member
another way to visualize it... hold a pencil or pen about an inch from one tip and where you're holding pretend that is the rear axle.... if you raise the opposite side of the pen, everything forward of the place where you're holding will raise.
10-10-2013, 12:18 PM
#38
Why does my post get a face palm? I'm agreeing with you.... 
The change in height decreases as you get closer to the pivot point. The front end may raise by 2.5" inches, but the rear of the cab will not be 2.5" higher, for the exact reason you described earlier. The rear might be 1/4" higher. If you have a metal rod sticking 10 ft straight out of the grill, the end of that rod may be 5" or 6" higher after leveling the truck because it's so far from the pivot point.
After driving several leveled trucks, I can tell you that the change to the overall height of a truck is negligible. It's just a fraction of an inch. If your truck clears a garage now, it will clear it with a level (assuming the same size tires).
The change in height decreases as you get closer to the pivot point. The front end may raise by 2.5" inches, but the rear of the cab will not be 2.5" higher, for the exact reason you described earlier. The rear might be 1/4" higher. If you have a metal rod sticking 10 ft straight out of the grill, the end of that rod may be 5" or 6" higher after leveling the truck because it's so far from the pivot point.
After driving several leveled trucks, I can tell you that the change to the overall height of a truck is negligible. It's just a fraction of an inch. If your truck clears a garage now, it will clear it with a level (assuming the same size tires).
Last edited by graysonp; 10-10-2013 at 12:23 PM.
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