2014+ Lowering / Drop Kits

JRoyPDX · July 3, 2017

20/17 racestars today

Looks good, what tire sizes?

You're 4/7?

Edited July 3, 2017 by JRoyPDX

Nasty · July 3, 2017

4/7 drop. Will be 5/7 in the near future

Front is a 255 45 20. Rear is a 275 60 17

6ftdwn57 · July 5, 2017

Installed the Mcguaghy's drop this past weekend. Set at 4 in the front and 5 in the rear.. I think im going to bring the rear down one more inch by moving the shackle brackets to the other hole setting.

However I am not done. I have joined the driveshaft doesnt fit club. Needs to be cut down 1". There's only about 3/16" of slide on the output shaft when the truck is jacked up and weight off the rear. When lowered to the ground, that space gets eaten up.

I also think I should look into shims for the rear axle. The diff is pointing down slightly. I haven't put my angle finder on it yet. I guess you dont really know until you drive it, but I'm suspecting some vibration issues.

Nasty · July 5, 2017

My driveshaft has no movement. I need to pull mine as well

Bigaaronsrt · July 5, 2017

really thinking about pulling the 5/7 off of my truck and going with a 3/4 or something close to that. Im about to buy some land and wont be able to make it up the road with my truck as low as it is now. Anyone know what all I will need? I really don't want to buy an entire new kit.

Nasty · July 5, 2017

really thinking about pulling the 5/7 off of my truck and going with a 3/4 or something close to that. Im about to buy some land and wont be able to make it up the road with my truck as low as it is now. Anyone know what all I will need? I really don't want to buy an entire new kit.

Do you have hangers ? If so I'll buy those

Bigaaronsrt · July 5, 2017

Do you have hangers ? If so I'll buy those

yeah. I just need to figure out what I do need and don't need to go to a 3/5 or 3/4

Nasty · July 5, 2017

3/4i think you can do with block delete and shackles

Bigaaronsrt · July 5, 2017

3/4i think you can do with block delete and shackles

what about the front?

Nasty · July 5, 2017

Spindle and strut for 3"

6ftdwn57 · July 5, 2017

Just add back some of your rings to your lowering strut to bring the front end back up

6ftdwn57 · July 5, 2017

My driveshaft has no movement. I need to pull mine as well

I was looking at the slip yoke on the driveshaft. With what I'm seeing, I'm wondering why I couldn't cut off 1" from the end, chamfer the O.D. and I.D. and put it back under the truck. The rubber dust boot would squeeze together a bit, but I dont see that causing a problem. Wouldn't you still have the same amount of spline contact/engagement as stock? Since we are going into the transmission an inch further than stock? The splines do not go all the way down the I.D. of the slip yoke. Am I missing something? Im thinking of giving it a go tonight when I get home from work.

6ftdwn57 · July 5, 2017

Not sure if I'm explaining myself in the clearest manner.

The slip yoke is being pushed into the transmission an inch further than it was stock after being dropped, causing it to bottom out in the transmission.

So cut off the inch from the end of the slip yoke, and it will still be sliding into the trans the same depth as before the drop, but not bottoming out.

Edited July 5, 2017 by 6ftdwn57

Nasty · July 5, 2017

I need to have the shaft shortened. Easy

6ftdwn57 · July 5, 2017

After some reading I realize now why it wouldnt be so easy as to cut off the end of the yoke. It's possible that the tailshaft of the trans is bottoming out in the inside of the yoke. Not like what I was thinking was happening, which is the end of the yoke bottoming out into the transmission. If this is the case, then cutting down the yoke length would not help.

Edited July 5, 2017 by 6ftdwn57