I put a 6 inch lift on and the bottom of the wheelbase went from 33inches off the ground, and after doing the proper axel drop kit and before having it aligned yet, it now sits 39inches...perfect right? wrong. i literally moved it from one side of the driveway to the end, and parallel parked to the other side of the driveway and in this short distance, the suspension somehow is BINDING. The truck now sits 37inches off the ground and the wheels or caster if you will, look like this /--=-\. Anyone ever had this many problems lifting a 96 ttb ifs 4.9 4x4??

why does that happen when it moves around? i can reset it to where it should be, then it moves and drops again. all the bolts are tight and the ttb drop plates are mounted firm and correctly

 

It's because you backed up. The suspension settles weird when you back up. It won't be like that if you stop after moving forward.

 

Thank you so much! You make every problem seem insignificant at put me at ease! Anyway, so after i get the wheels aligned and straightened out itll be all better and wont do that when i back up?

 

It will always do it when you back up. That's how these trucks are.

 

it's gonna settle a bit too..most of your problems will go away after it is aligned! after about 500 miles your gonna need to tighten every thing again

 

OP- I assume your running 35's for tires? Bigger tires you run the worse it looks.

It does it with stock tires too, but because they are smaller you do not notice it as much. I just started noticing my truck doing it but I have to look for it.

Just the nature of the beast.

 

nope running stock 31s til i find a deal on craigs for 33s....but not 35s. this "nature of the beast" is a serious love hate lol

 

what are rims/tire combos i should be on the look out for. like what years/models fit the 96? any off brands fit? like i know mustang wheels fit jeeps and rangers

 

fords from the start of time(lol) until 1996, dodges from at least the 80-90's as long as they have a big hub hole(most aftermarket wheels will) and jeeps from the 70's had big hole patterns. 5x5.5" is the bolt pattern, just makesure the wheels have big hub holes.

 

gotcha thanks! the next big problem i have is now the alignment shop says they dont want to continue with my vehicle until they install radius arm drop brackets. what is my cheapest option for these? drop brackets or longer radius arms or what??