Got the 3" drop brackets from MAF and got to work. Just finished'em. The truck rides lot better now. Steering is back to normal. I have Slee sliders so I had to be creative on the DS front u-bolt. I had to remove that u-bolt permanently and cut off about .05" from the bottom portion of the mount from the slider. The brackets are wider than the frame so part of the brackets stick out. So right now my DS slider 's front ubolt mount is sitting on the portion of the bracket that sticks out. I have used a lock nut and a bolt on the top hole (same size as the u-blots) of slider and tightened it enough so it doesn't have any play or move at all. I have also adjusted the rest of the u-bolts on the whole slider so it is properly leveled. Also, DS bracket holes did not properly lined up with the cross member holes. So I had to grind the inner most hole of the bracket, make it a little wider so the bolt goes in smoothly.
That's it! I will post the pictures tomorrow.
Note: Turns out the locknut and bolt idea is not gonna work, I'm gonna have to think of some thing else to re-enforce that bracket on DS. Please feel free to chime in.
That's it! I will post the pictures tomorrow.
Note: Turns out the locknut and bolt idea is not gonna work, I'm gonna have to think of some thing else to re-enforce that bracket on DS. Please feel free to chime in.
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