Long Travel BS Thread

Bigger tires = problem solved

 

If the rear is is done right you'll need a engine hoist to jack it up from anywhere but the axle


As far as the front goes are we using the jack to take mica of a drooped out truck or are we changing shocks or tires? Regular jack has no problem getting the front wheel of the ground to change a tire

 

None of ya'll prolly have a receiver hitch but I do and I made and extension to drop down to the height of my floor jack for the rear. My Craftsman jack will easily pick up the rear tires with the receiver extension.

 

w/ my 35'x12.5's on 4.5 bs I have never been able to get a floor jack under my lca onto a flat enough spot to be able to jack by the lca so regardless of what i am working on i am jacking by the skid. When I bought my jack i was careful to ensure that i bought one with a max height that would do it. I think most people buy those smaller lighter HF aluminum jacks and get home and realize they top out too low

 

That's a good idea.

 

It really depends on the shape of your lca's the DK, TC race arms, and 2wd +4.5 kits are definetly more stable to lift from

 

Mine are 25" long and I'm going to be running dakars....I would get like 27"

All pro lines are 25"

 

I don't know if there are any harbor freight stores near you but I've got no complaints about their cheap-o 2ton with a high reach. I've thought about this to make it easier to jack from any point on the truck.
https://www.kartek.com/parts/kartek...-tubing-up-to-275-replaces-swivel-flange.html

 

Ah nice man, yea that's not a bad call at all. I assume this works pretty well for your setup right?

 

We bought a used aluminum Craftman jack from a race team at the Leduc Swapmeet. What they did was weld an extension permanently on the jacking pad. I imagine you could do the same to a HF one. Makes life much easier with the extension.

 

Sdhq sells the pro eagle adjustable exiting seperate from the jack as well. They are very reasonably priced. Somewhere around $50

 

With just the jack I can lift the tires off the ground around 2 inches from the skid plates, with the 3.5LT kit you might still need a jack extension.

 

Based off the jack that I use with its max height and a 4x4 I think I am getting around 20 inches to barely clear the wheels without a slope. Looks like I will have close to four inches extra with this!

 

I need an extension (4x4) with 34's and a 3.5 kit using the HF 2ton

 

so i think i need some camber

 

you need new everything lol

 

I either end up with too much camber or too little. Killed my tires.

 

camber doesnt kill tires

toe definitely will though

 

true lol drove 300 miles with positive toe... tires were toast

 

any leads on 16" 2.5 king coilovers? theres a set on DR but didnt know if anyone saw others. Also 2.5 or 3.0 king 18s