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flipping tie rods
stkflrd73
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max or others,
what are my down falls to doing this
i have an 01 silverado BD on 24' s and this is the last big things holding me up..
thanks alot Shaun *NR*
what are my down falls to doing this
i have an 01 silverado BD on 24' s and this is the last big things holding me up..
thanks alot Shaun *NR*
bagtodrag
+1y
I've had mine done on my F-150 & I haven't had any issues with it what so ever so far. Flipped rods raised uppers and joint flip, eliminated alot of camber and bump steer. But that was with a Ford not too certain on a GM but if done properly all should be good.
TwistedMinis
+1y
If you are going to flip the tie rod to the bottom side of the spindle, I would drop the rack down the same amount. The pivots are all supposed to be equal lengths apart.
stkflrd73
+1y
ok i can do that i guess for now i can just flip them and get the truck more together and drop the rack after the fact ...
any other opinions .... agree or disagree
any other opinions .... agree or disagree
TUCKINTEMPO
+1y
I cut my outer tie rod end, jogged it up about an inch, along with the upper and lower control arm, and plated the hell out of it.
stkflrd73
+1y
well just droped off my spindles well a set i had laying around should have them back tomorrow evening!
( good thing my sisters bf has a race car/fab shop ... )
( good thing my sisters bf has a race car/fab shop ... )
BioMax
+1y
Edited: 1/18/2008 12:47:36 AM by BioMax
Without seeing exactly what your front suspension looks like, it's hard to say what is going to happen. Initially, I would assume that it is going to indusce a good amount of bump-steer, but if other parts have been moved, it may work out. Seth is right though, it dosen't matter how the front end is set-up, it still needs to adhere to the diagram that he posted if it's going to have a tollerable amount of bump-steer problems.
Post some pics of it when you're done. I'd like to see what you came up with.
Without seeing exactly what your front suspension looks like, it's hard to say what is going to happen. Initially, I would assume that it is going to indusce a good amount of bump-steer, but if other parts have been moved, it may work out. Seth is right though, it dosen't matter how the front end is set-up, it still needs to adhere to the diagram that he posted if it's going to have a tollerable amount of bump-steer problems.
Post some pics of it when you're done. I'd like to see what you came up with.
stkflrd73
+1y
ill post pics when i get off work but its a 01 silverado with stock everything including spindles
i modified the frame so the arms will swing up higher but there mounted in the stock spots and it has stock spindles
everthing is 100% stock
this is 100psi
i modified the frame so the arms will swing up higher but there mounted in the stock spots and it has stock spindles
everthing is 100% stock
this is 100psi
kotalaynframe
+1y
how did you get so much travel out of the upper ball joint?
stkflrd73
+1y
its working but im going to have some uppers built before i try driving it everyday again but there it is and it will go more 2in maybe