I just noticed a broken shock mount on my right lower control arm on my truck. I was wandering if it is okay to leave it, the bolt is still running through almost an inch of steel on the control arm. Or should I weld it back up, it will be a pain to get an arc welder into that tight area.

-Kelly

 

Whiplash are all these things breaking on your truck do to the 10" lift you have or is it the size of the tires? I just orderd a 10" whiplash lift for my Supercrew so any info you can give me would be great ( to do and what not to do ).

Thanks
Rhyno

 

My personal opinion is that no independent front suspension trucks were made to handle that big of lift or tire. At one point I was wanting to put 39's on, but the trucks just arent made to handle that much extra weight, and I don't have the time or money to fix all those things.

 

with tires that size and the beating the front suspension takes from that 13inch overall lift, i'm not surprised that the mount broke. you could weld it but that would only fix this problem. IMO i would consider fabbing a dual shock mount on either side of the spring. not a hoop to go over the upper a-arm. you need extra support. between the lower and upper arms.

 

Obviously it looks like CowboySurfer and Ryhno, who had a question instead of a statement have the slightest clue what they're talking about. The Whiplash kit just repositions the mounting locations of the front suspension, the shock mount doesn't even know that it's lifted and has bigger tires, it only recieves a little more vibration, so blaming this problem on the lift and tires is irrelevant. The mount was broken from someone tightening the bolt down too tight which snapped the mount, it's a thin piece of metal anyways. All I am asking is if it is worth the trouble of getting an arc welder down in there and fixing it or should it be okay to drive with, theres still lots of support there.

-Kelly

 

Whiplash_F150 I'm not a mechanic, if you actually read my post you will find that I am NOT blaming the lift to be the problem I am asking you if the problems you have are becuase of your lift or the size of the tires! I ordered the same lift you have a week ago and I am just trying to find out if I'm going to have the same problems. Anyways, I can not answer your question about the arc welder. I hope some one else can tell you.

Rhyno

 

Back to the original question. I don't think it is an emergency to fix it. Unless you get airborn it shouldn't have enough stress to break it further. And if it does break, no big deal you will just bounce for a little while. But on the other hand the engineers put it there for a reason.

If it was my truck i would weld it back together someday when i had nothing better to do.

-Jon

 

Rhyno, I stated that you were asking a question, meaning that you weren't the one I was talking about, but I can see how you say that. Take no offense at all from it.

-Kelly

 

Whiplash,
Like I was saying don't take offense to it, Id be the first one to say that your truck looks awesome. But at the same time, Im not the only one who would feel that way about the lift.
So in the meantime, just keep posting problems that you're having with your broken shocks, squeaking suspension, broken studs, etc...and Im sure others along with myself will do our best to help ya out.

 

let me ask u a question whiplash - what exactally is the need for your 13 inch lift? do u off road that, cause i would be very nervous of taking a curve over 25 mph. i am Soooooooo sorry that i am not the slightest bit familiar with the whiplash kit, but i have been around baja bugs and prerunners all my life. so i may have a tiny, tiny, tiny bit of knowledge.

my point being that you should try and not make such harsh statements about people you know nothing about.

 

Whiplash, no offense taken. Just a misunderstanding on my part. I think your truck looks sweet!!! I just can't wait for my lift.

 

CowboySurfer,
In my opinion I wouldnt put anyone's truck down, because to each his own. In no way did I mean to offend you Whiplash. All I said was that independent front suspension trucks were not made/designed for huge lifts with gigantic tires. There is nothing there to support all that weight except components built to support the weight of a 30" tire.
I think 13" of lift is awesome IMO...Hell if I would be able to, Id go up as big as I could. But to do that, you pretty much need to have a straight axle truck. Just my 2 cents.

 

To answer CowboySurfers question in particular. I do off-road every once in a while, I do not do it that often because of the hours cleaning and risks of breaking my everyday vehicle. You would be able to tell if this was my play truck because it woudl have a straight axle as opposed to my IFS. The reason I have 13" of lift and 40" tires is because of the desire to sit above the rest. As for me posting my squeaks, crackles, knock's, and broken studs as you would say, that's all the fun in owning a big truck. Half the fun is working on it, I myself am not one to take my truck to a shop do have work done on it unless it is something that requires tools that I do not have such as alignment, but you can damn sure bet I'm standing there watching it be done. And for handling I'm not an agressive driver and I drive my truck the way it is supposed to be driven, it hops, and shakes, but once again, that's the fun of it man. IMO I hope more stuff breaks, I enjoy working on my truck, and I'm sure many people here will agree with me.

 

Cool man. Thats exactly how I said it in my first post. "I don't have the time or money to fix the problems." You do, so thats great. I just didnt want to make it like I was picking a fight which in no way was I trying to.