The Stupid Lift Questions Thread

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I had my torsion bars cranked 2.5" and i decided to lower it down to level. My rear sits at 35" and my front now at 36". I noticed today that my camber angle has changed, and now the top of the tire tilts outward. This want like that before i cranked the torsion bars down. What happened?
 

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I had my torsion bars cranked 2.5" and i decided to lower it down to level. My rear sits at 35" and my front now at 36". I noticed today that my camber angle has changed, and now the top of the tire tilts outward. This want like that before i cranked the torsion bars down. What happened?

That's normal. Any time you adjust your t-bars you're going to need an alignment. Just the way it is.
 

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So I'm planning on cranking up my T-bars and throwing some blocks in the rear, just a 2" crank and a 2" block; and my questions are;

Will I need longer shocks or will they adjust to the raised ride height? And how many thread will need to be backed out on the Torsion key bolts to achieve 2" of lift? And will that be too much or just right?
 

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So I'm planning on cranking up my T-bars and throwing some blocks in the rear, just a 2" crank and a 2" block; and my questions are;

Will I need longer shocks or will they adjust to the raised ride height? And how many thread will need to be backed out on the Torsion key bolts to achieve 2" of lift? And will that be too much or just right?


They won't adjust, although they may not top out. Think of it like this, say your shock now has 10" of travel, and sits right at 5, then it has 5 up, and five down (these aren't the number's, but you get the idea). Now you do a 2" crank. Now you have 3" up, and 7" down. So now, when you drive into a pothole say, your shock tops out BAM! This is why donk's have such harsh rides. It's a problem on my Trailblazer because no one makes a longer strut for it. So you won't die or anything, but you may want to plan on upgrading shocks eventually.

Whenever I crank them, I just measure from the center of my hub to the center of the fender, note the number's, crank away until I get where I want to be, then make the number's match.
 

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One more stupid pre-block question, will I need squared off u-bolts or can I get by with round ones?

For our trucks you need squared off u-bolts if you plan to just bolt them up. You could use the round ones, but you would need to get a u-bolt plate for the top of the leafs instead of the under axle u-bolt plates that come factory.
 

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Should there be any issues aligning the front end if i do 2" blocks and cranking to level?
 

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Can I Fit a steering stabilizer on my 88 k1500 stock suspension?, also, What do you think of the 2-3" rough country suspension lift? The shocks are good quality? Thinking in that lift and some 33" soon But still undecided
 

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I'm also curious about the 2-3 inch rough country lift my truck is clearing 285s right now so I'm thinking about 35s or 315s... Thanks
 
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