I have a BDS 6" suspension and 3" body lift running 38" tires. everything up front especially the cv axles are at an extreme angle and i don't know why or if this is normal. Could anyone give any input and/or pictures of theirs so i can try to figure out mine and compare mine to someone elses?

 

Not the best pics here but you should be able to get the idea.

I guess you do realize that your 3" body lift has nothing to do with it right?
I don't think my angles are too bad.

 

thanks. yeah mine look worse than that. my inner cv axle boots keep tearing and i have only driven it on the highway. i am not sure if maybe it had torsion bar keys installed before i bought it or what. just need some ideas of what i might be able to do to fix it.

 

is there maybe a difference in the setup of the 6" BDS and the 6" fabtech lifts? Maybe fabtech is a better setup? JACKHAMMER02 seems to have his fabtech with about the same setup added to it as my BDS but the CV axles look like they are at less of an angle than mine. this is frustrating me that i can not figure out what is the cause of the extreme angle of my axles.

 

Are you sure you dont have a leveling kit on your truck, that would cause bad angles, I'm running the 6" procomp with 3" body lift with my coilovers cranked 2" with 38's and my angles arent the best, but I havent had any tear in my boots.

 

If you have 38's, with a 6 inch suspension and 3 inch body lift the odds are the preload on your torsion bars is cranked up tight to give you some extra height for tire clearance. I bet this is why your ball joint and CV joints are at a sever angle. I guess the only option is to back off the torsion bar preload. But if you do this you will probably have to go down in tire size.

 

Even if he drop the load on his torsion bars, he could still run his 38's with 9' of lift imo.

 

i agree

 

thanks everyone. I think that the problem is probably the leveling kit plus the torsion keys. I am having custum axles made to compensate for the angle and then I guess i will just have to deal with replacing ball joints and idler arms more frequently then usual.

 

thanks everyone. I think that the problem is probably the leveling kit plus the torsion keys. I am having custum axles with a u-joint and slip shaft made to compensate for the angle because i don't want to change the way my truck sits.

 

Or, you could put stock torsion keys back in, adjust the torsion bar preload to a normal level. custom cv axles that are strong will cost you a small fortune, and to me it makes much more sense to just trim a little bit to avoid all of the hassles associated w/ cv boots ripping and spilling grease everywhere.