Last weekend I FINALLY go my AS installed, and have been without the truck all week untill tonight when I went to put the wheels on, so its the first time Ive had the truck jacked up with everything installed and aligned etc. Well I noticed that when its jacked up the upper control arm hits the spring, stopping the whole control arms/spindle/hub etc from drooping way down even more. Thats doesnt bother be when its jacked up, but the HUGE angle on the CV joints does worry me when its jacked up...Ive seen what can happen when you let a CV axle hang down to far, and this seems to be pushing the limits to me...:o

Another thing is when Im actually driving is how this will affect stuff. There are plenty of times driving when my front susp. might be at full droop (all 4 wheels off the ground, rough terrain, etc). That seems even worse...I have a fear that the CV joint is going to get shot from this and my uppper control arm might even get tangled in the spring possibly (ok, probably not, but still). Has anyone had any troubles with something like this. I know daily driving up and down the roads its going to be fine, but when Im actually out thrashing on the truck, is it going to be able to take it?


I keep thinking limiting straps like the hardcore guys have might help this problem, or would they just get in the way or not give me enough susp. travel?
Maybe Im just worked up over nothing, but it makes me cringe when I see how far that front susp. droops down without a load on it....:o

Thoughts?

 

Lots of people have the same AS issue with no problems.

 

Personally if I did much offroading I would not use the AS. I would go ahead and get sus. lift. The AS limits your suspension travel and does increase the CV,ball joint, and tie rod end angles. I have the 2" AS but my truck sees 90% on road driving.

 

If you regularly encounter situations where you see 4 wheels off the ground then you should take that AS off and go get a suspension lift.
I have a 1.5" AS and I a little bit of occasional off roading, and I haven't had any problems.

 

I thought the offsett design of the AS was supposed to stop this? I know the CV joint issue won't apply to my 2WD and I rarely have the front end off the ground so I am hoping I don't have this issue.

 

Great. I guess I will just have to see how it works out with the AS, and if not either go back to stock or put a small susp. lift on it. Or, dare I say this, just restrain myself some

 

I had the 1 5/8” AS on for about 8 months, then uninstalled them. Never had any problems while they were on but everything looked kind of stressed with the extreme angle it puts on the front suspension and since I never go off road I ended up with a set of lowering shackles to give my truck the level look

 

The exact reason i didnt put a leveling kit on my truck. I was going to, and easily had the money to, but i do way too much back roads driving, and a lot of the county roads out here have some ridiculous potholes and i know i would have had problems with it.

So i saved my money, deciding to save up for a proper suspension lift with a differential drop. 6" fabtech this summer.

 

Wish I would have known about this before I even did the damn leveling kit...
Seen so many people on here that loved them and all so I figured what the hell, I guess everyone is just worried more about looks then they are function.

Im really considering fabbing up some kind of limiting straps. Anybody have any thoughts on that? Good, bad?

 

I have a 2 inch kit sitting in my garage. I was going to have someone put it on but can not find anyone here in Tampa. Hearing all this stuff I wonder if it is even worth it. My Rims/Tires should come end of next week. I went from 255-70-17 to 285-60-18. I wanted to put the kit on when I put the rims on. I also have an Extended Service Plan and wonder if is worth the headache of parts wearing out premature. What to do, what to do? ? ?

Sal

 

I guess I'm lucky, 3 years on my Daystar kit even with some minor offroading. No problems so far.

 

I had the original style AS 2.5 kit on my truck for 60,000 miles with zero problems. However all my driving was either highway or country back roads. I just removed it the other day to install my 6" fabtech.

 

Do you suppose you would have the same problem with the Leveling kit from BDS. It has a spacer and prespacer that helps counter act for the additional weight of the tire.
http://www.bds-suspension.com/kits/540H