Spc uca boot

What am I doing wrong ? Installed new updated ball joint in uca a while ago now I'm doing shocks ,wheel bearings and drive axles and noticed new boot on uca has hole in it from rubbing shock when being jacked up .

 

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It droops and rubs shock

 

Only been on for about 6 months only time it touches is when jacked up it droops and rubs spring. Now I got 2 boots with holes in them .

 

Here's the cause of your troubles.

 

What

 

Spacer

 

That huge ass spacer is letting the suspension droop much farther than it's supposed to.

 

Do you wheel your truck at all? Cause I'm sure the boot also hits the coil when you're out wheeling and flexing the front end. Like said up above, once you remove the spacer lift it should stop that from happening.

 

Holy shit man how big is that spacer?

 

But I could be wrong previous owner installed these spacers hopefully you are right . I turned the ball joint 180 and everything looked to be much more inline .

 

No not much wheeling truck has had issues from day 1 took to dealer 3 times and they never could find a problem .Been getting a rattle noise that got worse and now got bad bearing I believe so new shocks wheelbearings and cv axles .

 

Ummmm that's not good.

 

Amount of wheeling doesn't matter. One good cycle of the suspension can cause this if it hits right. Can easily happen with daily driving on average roads.

Dealers are hit or miss. Usually a miss due to lack of experience with modified vehicles or they want to refute liability due to any modifications.

X2 Your best move here is to remove that spacer.

 

Removing spacers and changing shocks but also I'm getting a irritating squeaking noise hopefully shocks and not bushings in spc uca . I bought this truck from dealer previous owner just installed tires wheels bumper and this cheesy ass Spacer seems to me I would of updated the front shocks before adding a $2000 dollar bumper . When I purchased truck I paid a premium for extras and also had to wait a month because was suppose to receive new frame but actually they pulled a fast one after signing pakpers they said they didn't replace frame only coated it so this truck has been a dis appointment from day 1 .

 

I purchased the truck to do some wheeling and old coal mine roads in the hills but from day one clunking noises squeaking noises so 21,000 of truck didn't want to be stranded .

 

We're all curious how thick that spacer is. 2"? 2 1/2"? You know the amount of lift is roughly double whatever the spacer thickness is, right?

 

2"

 

This was my first 4x4 with independent front end . Truck was this way when purchased 3 years ago for 21,000 issues from day 1 I actually bought a beater and let this truck sit .

 

Running 285-70-17