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Old Sep 11, 2014 | 02:18 AM
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Check your front end. Including ball joints, inner and outter tie rods, pitman arm, and wheel bearings. If all of that looks solid, make sure you took your truck in for an alignment after all the mods you've done. If nothing above seems to be the problem, have fun living a bumpy life
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Old Sep 11, 2014 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by dopewaffle
Check your front end. Including ball joints, inner and outter tie rods, pitman arm, and wheel bearings. If all of that looks solid, make sure you took your truck in for an alignment after all the mods you've done. If nothing above seems to be the problem, have fun living a bumpy life
So I can't just crank them down a bit?
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Old Sep 11, 2014 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 03heritageboyjr
So I can't just crank them down a bit?
of course you can, should help out a little
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Old Sep 11, 2014 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by pfoley12
of course you can, should help out a little
I think I'll crank em down a few turns get an alignment new ball joint on driver side and get new shocks and park it for the winter lol
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Old Sep 11, 2014 | 05:39 PM
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When buying shocks should I get longer ones since I have the lift? Cause honestly that's what it feels like is that my shocks are damn near maxed out
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Old Sep 11, 2014 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by 03heritageboyjr
When buying shocks should I get longer ones since I have the lift? Cause honestly that's what it feels like is that my shocks are damn near maxed out
It may be the shocks, how much lift in is the back? The front will be fine if you take it down to the 24.25" or what ever it is. Lower the front to the recommended max, and the front shocks will be good, the back shocks might need to be replaced depending how much lift you have back there.
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Old Sep 12, 2014 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Red-Ford

It may be the shocks, how much lift in is the back? The front will be fine if you take it down to the 24.25" or what ever it is. Lower the front to the recommended max, and the front shocks will be good, the back shocks might need to be replaced depending how much lift you have back there.
The back has 2 inch blocks
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Old Sep 12, 2014 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 03heritageboyjr
When buying shocks should I get longer ones since I have the lift? Cause honestly that's what it feels like is that my shocks are damn near maxed out
No it's not necessarily your shocks. They probably play a small roll with the problem but if the measurement from the center of your wheelhub to the top center of the wheel well is more than 24.25" then you over cranked them. If that's the case then your truck will basically destroy the front end components constantly, causing you to need to continuously replace the parts.
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Old Sep 12, 2014 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 03heritageboyjr
The back has 2 inch blocks
To me that's kinda the on the fence height lol. I would get the alignment, and if it is still really rough, find shocks for a 2" lift.
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Old Sep 12, 2014 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Red-Ford

To me that's kinda the on the fence height lol. I would get the alignment, and if it is still really rough, find shocks for a 2" lift.
I don't mind it riding rougher than stock that is expected but the bouncing just doesn't seem right
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