Spindles hitting springs on turns

Why are my spindles, right below the ubj, hitting my springs when I take turns or drive over anything off camber?

 

I give up - why are they??? (Need more info to help).

 

Pictures would also be a great help!

Sounds like something is about to fall apart if your running all stock parts

 

picture. Lifted? Ball joints good?

 

1.5 inch lift spacers.....ome springs in the rear. 31x10.5 all terrain tires.

 

Little back ground on the truck? When did this start? Likely after something was modified. Need more info whether background and/or multiple pics of the front suspension. Who installed the lift? The maintenance been done on it, etc... All that stuff is good info to help us here know what you got going on

 

It's the lift spacers. I assume they are between the coilover bucket and top plate? They add length to the overall coil assembly and make the spindle hit the coilovers. Junk those stupid things.

 

Are the spacers 1.5" tall, or do the spacers provide 1.5" of lift? If the spacers are 1.5" tall, you've got a 3" lift, which is too tall to not have other components changed to account for the change in geometry, most notably the upper control arms.

Make, model, offset, and width of your wheels are good to know, too.

 

Ok. Thanks.

1999 tacoma prerunner, converted to 4x4. Lift spacers are 1.5" thick, so id imagine that means ive only got that much lift. I dontunderstand what you mean by having 3" of lift with1.5" spacers.
It started about twomonths after the conversion.....

 

Really? If you are certain about this you have answered a question Ive had but felt dumb for asking. I have 1.5 spacers and assume factory coils which is making how I go with the Bilsteins I plan on buying in spring.

 

Yeh. Like he said. How much lift do we actually have anyway?

 

Whatever the spacer measures, the amount of lift you get is roughly double that. It's because the wheels are roughly 2x as far away from the pivot (the lower control arm bushing) as where the shock is located.

So 1" travel up and down at the shock equates to ~2" at the wheel. It's not quite 2x, but it's close.

For the REAR, it's different. Because that's a solid axle, a 1" spacer (block lift) gives you a 1" lift because each side is lifted equally.