Michael Sawyer

i am a professional he says, when all frustrated and defensive, but he says he waited so he was not a guinea pig right here....if he is a professional then he knows the knowhow. I think he should have went to a shop

i think the problem was installer error, and they lacked professional knowledge and capabilities

so, three pages of back n fourth i read and get to page three no conclusion. what was the verdict pool boy? one thing i noticed running stacked blocks- my leaf springs are saggin ****** hardcore man they have ****in tacoma leaf srping packs on the 1500s an front end parts they are complete ****** boxes. im glad i aint one of the retards who spent 100k on a half ton pick up to get...what gm delivered. so i have tapered 3"blocks and the factory 1" blocks on top of them, and a,m running this way til i have time to put my new leafs in i got some 2500 hd packs that came in. I noticed when i look under the truck it seems like pinion and axle position even have changed and the directions are always piss poor but If your running a zero degree angle, i think thats a problem. i think you should get flat blocks and see how she goes you want to make sure whatever factory is you match..so id check gm factory specs on pinion angle and determine bet move from there versus asking peoples opinions and referencing instructions for aftermarket lift blocks but not an inclusive aftermarket drive shaft that comes with it. see what chevy says, bring truck to them and say this things shakin like michael j fox wtf i want it fixed- shoud not void warranty if lift co says its a problem with stock from that year- if your under warranty. they may have an open tsb related to it stil...check it out. All my gm trucks have had some ****ed up vibrating shaking and a lot of time it ends up to be rear drum brakes getting broken or stuck using the parking brake or partially engaged.... check into those things

hey guys, anyone still following this thread and or coming to it in the future.... im going to give some advice on these trucks. If it doesnt work for you stock, dont buy it. They are complete pieces of ******. I traded my 05 f350 dump for a 2013 chevy 1500 z-71 LT. Still have my 99 F350 5spd v10 cab and chasis with a 9' knaphede service body. The truck has 175k on it and i did a front axle swap and never put the sway bar back on and in doing so got death wobble so badly it was insane. It smoked the tires in front pretty quick and i drove it like that for about 5 weeks before parking it and driving the chevy. Ill take my 99 f350 witrhout a sway bar anyday over one of these chevys...theyre complete trash. The truck was so low I could not tow my 19' enclosed trailer without modifying the height...i like big trucks and i can not lie- who doesnt want a lifted truck? for the last year it has been non stop f'in around with this damned chevy because like all of you- i went the leveling route. The truck had 40k miles on it when i traded it, and it has 65 maybe now and theyve been **** soft miles i got the truck from my dad-dealer serviced, parked 9 months of the year...mint condition may as well be brand new it was well cared for. So, I bought some of those dubby dubs in black off fb marketplace and ended up trading em for some chrome skinned gmc dubbies with some 33" terra grapplers a few weeks later to do the leveling kit...btw it didnt level it at all. i got a 3" puck spacer and it lifted the front 6" and i got the frickin san fransico squat thing going because the leaf springs on these chevys are weak as Stevie Hawkings bench press. I had a couple 2500 hds and have been doing my own mechanical work since my first 6.0 powerstroke ruined me financially back in 2015 (another story in itself-$152k invested in that truck over 4.5 years)... the rack and pinion steering is weak as **** it cant handle the excessive loads and forces the levling creates. I put the pucks in first time messin around with coil overs and for some reason the driver side took 30 mins the pass side took 5 hours. I had to take apart the pass side 9-10 times since to **** around with ******. Ive had to do brakes 3 times, tie rods im up for #3, the steering rack is pissin fluid now and its been one year. i threw on new rubber in september and the fronts are smoked already. I did the UCAs a month or two ago cant beliueve i got 11 months out of stocks after that much lift but they were causing a white knuckled ride. I did everything again a month or two ago when i did ucas and already need new tie rods and have been ****ing around with something near every day. The UCAs were ksp aluminum and the ****in wheels rubbed so im like what the **** guy- you tubed it and the video says...ya just take a grinder to them if wheels rub...ya **** that spent $400 on them aint happening. So, 1.5" spacers may not clear lugs i got the 2" to be safe. red locktite in box wtf? you kidding me? nope... so had to pull tires a bunch of times to check torque on em over last several weeks gotta check em again tonight. I feel bad for you assholes who bought these ****** half ton trucks that just came out for 100k plus you got ****ed harder than a meth addicted truck stop prostitute aka lot lizard. Everything on the trucks 07+ is built to fail. it has a honda civic rack and pinion steering system, IFS sucks anyway ill take that dana 50 anyday over IFS... the 2500hd trucks have steering box and pitman/ idler arms and they are a much much more resilient set up that can handle the lift kits, otherwise just leave it stock because you'll be on these stupid forums people get so off topic so fast from your post topic its ridiculous. the trucks are scrap value on trade, and too many little tiny cute parts its not worth the bs to build one of them out, get a 2500hd either way... stock or to jack up- dont waste your time on the half tons. if you screw with it then you will feel it in the ride and suprisingly when i originally put leveling kit in with no alignment it felt better immediately until the ball joints were so bad it felt like the ford missing the front sway bar when driving it. its not in your head, the trucks are touchy little princesses you can feel the vibrations and road movement so much- its just how it is