Any of you guys running the fabtech 6in lift have your bars cranked all the way up? I was looking at mine and still have about a quarter inch of thread left.

 

I am not sure if it helps any.. BUT. I know a guy who has a 6" skyjacker and cranked his tbars up ALL the way and hes running 37x13.5s. It looks nice!

 

I have never had mine cranked all the way...at one point it was pretty close but i lowered it again (just trying some new things lol) but i am going to crank them up again because with my new spacers, i am rubbing again. haha i do have the fabtech...but what is your question? just to see if anyone else has or is there something you are trying to get at? haha

 

ya just wanted to see if anyone ran into any problems cranking them all the way up my bud just got an 02 ext cab on 33's with the same lift and we cranked his all the way up and his truck sits taller than mine! Someone told me the supercabs are a bit taller than the crews though

 

i dont think you will run ino any problems...just a rougher ride and more strain on the bars them selves. but on my truck, the rough ride with them cranked, compared to the rough ride i still have...wasnt much different...rough ride just comes with the lifted trucks. haha

 

cranking them will accelerate ball joint wear, but not by enough to really say dont do it.

Another thing by cranking them all the way up the driverside will sit about 1" lower than the passanger side. On about EVERY f150 ive seen with this done.

Thats because the added weight of the driver and gas tank over time wears the driverside torsion bar out, and it looses some of its preload capabilities

 

and that includes mine! i never thought it would be because of the torsion bar losing preload...but i always knew it was because of the gas tank cause on a full tank, it sits lower...but on an almost empty tank, i am almost level.

 

Ok I did about 4 and a half turns on each side not fullly cranked but almost should I get an alignment now?

 

Yes.

 

asides riding rougher an accelerated ball joint wear, the major downside to cranking the bars all the way is that the angles WILL eventually cause the cv boots to tear. if gone unrepaired, all the grease will leak out of the boot, and cause the joints to lose all of their grease, and the internal ball bearings to be ruined.

 

Ya they're not maxed out I didn't want to put too much stress on everything

 

Dude have you ever considered getting a body lift on that thing?

 

Ya I strongly was considering doing that when I was considering 37's but I went with 35's again

 

can someone tell me would it be safe to stack a 1/4 to 1/2 inch steel plate on top of a lift block on the rear axle???

 

no, that's not safe. you're probably already running stacked blocks as it is. that is a no no in the minds of many as well.

you need arched lift springs, an AAL, a solid larger block, or some combination of all of these.