Have some rubbing

Confederate ram · Nov 15, 2015

Hey new to thread but I've had some rubbing I have a 03 ram 1500 quad cab lowered with a mcgaueys 4/6 and the one inch shackles the drive shaft had been rubbing the crossmember under rear of cab only when flooring or launching but couldn't tell because of straight pipes in front of the rear tire while taking off hard it broke in half going to get a new one but what is there to prevent this from happening again besides raising the rear

chefred112 · Nov 17, 2015

shims and traction bars like caltracs (but that's to keep the diff from rolling up)...but I'm trying to understand what broke..

Confederate ram · Nov 17, 2015

The drive shaft from rubbing the crossmember under the rear of the cab

Confederate ram · Nov 17, 2015

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f...CAD2837-2872-00000246A0689C0E_zps4740292c.jpg I think I'm gonna do something like this. it should solve the problem

Colenasty · Jan 14, 2016

I've got a 4/6 on my '02 and the only driveshaft problems I've had is the driveshaft rubbing against the exhaust hanger when the truck had 8 people in it. I trimmed the hanger and haven't had a problem with the driveshaft since.

Fernando_5.7 · Jan 15, 2016

Hed the same drive shaft problem with the exhaust hanger sadly it was to late for me it's fixed now but this was the outcome

chefred112 · Jan 28, 2016

did you shim it? how are you keeping the driveshaft from rotating upward (forcing the driveshaft upwards) under hard acceleration..

chefred112 · Jan 28, 2016

do you have a pic of your drop? I'd like to see how low it looks... I'll have to get underneath to see how close mine looks..

chefred112 · Jan 28, 2016

I have a 4/6 drop as well but there seems to be plenty of clearance on my crossmember, the axle would have to twist alot in order for it to meet the cross member..

Bullitt5339 · Jan 28, 2016

Mine is lowered about the same as yours chefred (6/8ish), and I have no driveshaft rubbing issues. There seems to be a ton of clearance, but mine is a regular cab.

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