Lift kit trouble

Ok so I just had my cv axles replaced Saturday. A day later my boot tore open so I took it back in and had it checked over at well trusted shop. They examined it and told me that because of the lift kit that is on it the angles are way off. Because they are angled at such a high degree the cv axles keep breaking on me. That's not all apparently the lift is also causing the drive shaft to mushroom in the differential where it connects to all the spider gears every time I go off road or over big bumps. I Didn't buy or install the lift myself I bought it that way and all the guy knew was that it was a 6in suspension lift. My question is does anyone know how to counter this, or could anyone point me in the right direction of another lift kit that's worth a damn.

 

Could be the installation wasn't done properly. Sounds like you need to drop the front differential, and probably do axle shims/carrier bearing adjustments to get the driveshafts in alignment. Most guys on here run a 3" lift but there are some running the 6" RCD lift.

 

Is it a Rough Country 6" lift? Posting pics would also help

 

Definitely need to see some pics. If it is a Drop bracket lift, the CV angles should be pretty close to stock if they did it correctly. If is just a huge spacer on top of the shock, that is most likely the issue.

 

Idk the brand of lift, I bought it that way and the guy didn't know, or he probably didn't want me to know it was a cheap lift job. Well I'll try to get some pictures up on here for you guys, I appreciate the input

 

Yeah sorry. we will help you get it straightened out...literally

 

Here are some pics

 

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Here's another

 

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Here's the last one, idk why it would only let me upload 1 per post.

 

The pics are kinda crappy...
the front on shot they look bad...
Slide the boots a bit

Damn that's a big spacer... Take a measurement from the center of the hub to the bottom of your fender.

You've got to get rid of that monstrosity of a spacer

 

So you think its because that top spacer that it's causing the problem? And if so besides lowering it what do you think I should use instead of that top spacer to keep it at 6in. I wouldn't mind dropping it down but I really don't have it in my budget right now to fix that cross member and buy a set of coilover to do a 3in instead. I'm bout to be jobless in 20 days so I'm trying to fix the problem as cheaply as possible.

 

Absolutely, can you measure that? It looks like its 3"-4" long

Anything over 3" will put your CV's in danger... The more over 3" the worse obviously.
Take that measurement, then we can tell how much lift you're getting from it

Is it a drop bracket?

 

5in spacer, and it's 28in from center hub to bottom of fender, and yes it is a drop bracket

 

I think it is the aftermarket axles that are the problem. Your angles look OK, but it looks like the boot ends aren't far enough down the axle. See if you can slide the boot ends to where the notch is on the shaft.

 

That's how rough country's drop bracket is. Very harsh angles and weak spindles.

My suggestion is to get some extended RCD 5100's and toyotec 1.6" springs. I do have mine for sale before I upgraded to Fox's. Really great setup and you can completely ditch the spacers. I'll post some pics when I get to my computer

 

Here is the shocks I am talking about. These are not normal bilstein 5100's. These are extended and provide 5" of lift with stock coils. They are not adjustable either. I ran toytec's 1.6" coils to achieve 6" of lift.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacoma-marketplace/365785-bilstein-5100-extended-rcd-shocks.html#post10042872

And my old setup. This was with roughly 7" of lift. CV's are in a perfect position. Just enough arch to gain back clearance.

 

Almost every budget db lift these days comes with that huge strut spacer. Check out rough county lifts for dodge, Chevy, nissan, Toyota, exc..It's designed to use your stock struts and springs ( keeping it budget friendly). Since the lower control arms are dropped only remove the spacer if you purchase the extended bilstein struts like in the pics befor this post. But as far as cv angles they honestly don't look bad. If I had to put money on it, I'd say the boot was damaged during installation of the cv and wasn't aware of it.

 

Do you kno the name of the lift? Look behind the skid plate in the front and it should be under there. But the thing about a drop bracket lift is usually in most cases you have to cut out your rear cross member, there for makings it very difficult to go back to stock or anything less than 4 inches. If I was you I would just replace with extended struts that are offered with the rdc lifts and some eibach 1.6 springs and be very happy!

Is there any way you can measure the distance from bolt mount to bolt mount on your lower control arm? Just to see how big the db is