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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 11:15 AM
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this may be a dumb question but id rather ask then mess something up . where do i find the bolts to crank up my t/bars
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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Just follow your torsion bar back towards the rear of the truck (about right behind the front door you will see the bar ends there in the key and the adjustment bolt is right there
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 11:30 AM
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Here's a link you can try hope this helps!
http://www.off-roadweb.com/tech/0802...4x4/index.html
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 03:14 PM
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So here's my findings on dropping the front differential... If you crank your torsion bars enough to worry about CV angles you have more things to worry about than just your CV axles and boots... Such as your UCAs smashing down on the droopstops the horribly rough ride and maxxed ball joints sqeaking! No good, I tried... Now I'm lookin into Fabbing a full IFS drop and if that's not int the cards, Solid axle!
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 04:18 PM
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dude the guy with the 41" ifs is ****ing retarded. how are you supposed to go offroad with that huge *** drop bar for the torsion bars? idiots
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Old Feb 14, 2010 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by mrpomerleau
dude the guy with the 41" ifs is ****ing retarded. how are you supposed to go offroad with that huge *** drop bar for the torsion bars? idiots
Did you see jdasilva644's scary steering link before that? Awesome
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 04:26 PM
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just got the truck about 3 weeks ago bone stock from an old man. cranked the keys a little and put on brand new 315 75 16 maxxis bighorns. no rub and ride great. puttin a body lift on in a few weeks when tax money comes

let me know if you think it would be wise to crank the keys a little more with the angle of that cv or not.

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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by rwilhite07
just got the truck about 3 weeks ago bone stock from an old man. cranked the keys a little and put on brand new 315 75 16 maxxis bighorns. no rub and ride great. puttin a body lift on in a few weeks when tax money comes

let me know if you think it would be wise to crank the keys a little more with the angle of that cv or not.

thanks
Nah man I would stick with what you got or maybe even back it off a touch. That looks like a pretty sharp angle for that CV. I just cranked my factory keys in and I have about a quarter inch on each bolt left. My CVs don't look near that bad but I'm still worried.
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 05:39 PM
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well ive got aftermarket 3'' keys but i barley cranked them at all. after reading all the stuff on here wish i woulda just cranked the stock keys.
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Old Feb 15, 2010 | 07:08 PM
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Ya I did quite a bit of reading on here about it and I decided I would try and crank the stock keys. I like the look for now until after my baby is born and I can afford a nice 4 inch lift or something along those lines.
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