BellTek 2/4 drop for R/T wobble

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So I install the Belltek 2/4 drop on my 2012 R/T, and my rear end wobbles bad, real bad. So I order a adjustable Pan Hard Bar. Then other people with R/T's start chimming in they did that and they still got a wobble.
How many people have this problem ? Is it fixable? I cannot begin to state how pissed I am that I've spent $700 and now my truck is fu__ed.
Have anyone call Belltek I did and of course they have never heard of this problem.
Anyway if anyone with a R/T has this drop and had this problem and was able to fix it please let me know.
 

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I am about to put the McGaughy 2/4 kit on my 13 R/T, so I'm interested in what happens. Have you tried adding the Air Lift bags to the rear springs? I have read many members using these on dropped trucks. Not sure if it fixes the problem you describe, but might be worth a try.
The kit is less than $100 from Moe's.
 
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It's my rear axle, it's now off set to one side. I'm really holding the adjustable pan hard hard fixed it.
 

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Lance, like we talked about yesterday, I know of about 60 customers running the Belltech 2/4 kit on their 4th gens, but only know of about 5 that had any trouble with the wobble you are referring to. I reached out to about 15 RT customers yesterday after we talked, and only 1 of them said they felt this wobble. It was fixed by adding the Spohn adjustable trac bar, so this should take care of everything for you.
 
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Thanks Matt! That does make me feel better! Has anyone figured out what the root cause of this is? Why only a few have this issue?
The only not clear cut thing in the instructions was the sway bar end link existentions. Do the mount on the inside,(where I mounted mine) or the outside of the old sway bar end links?
 

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I think I posted this on blackouts thread but based on what I've researched and from the adjustable bar its self yes the bar will help you out some fixes it perfectly some like me just a small amount of wag and for me its only on rough roads

Basically the pan hard bar has to be parallel to the axle the sphon one really only fixes the centering of the axle side to side I've read only one person that has done this on another forum but the drilled a new hole for the bar and his was on the frame side (i will do it eventually when ever i get a chanve to) but if it is not parallel to your axle when you go on bumps your truck is going to want to center its self if your bar is lower then the axle it will pull the the right going up and back left going down vice versa if its parallel yes it still pulls but it will be balanced but want to retain that center and just go up and down

Sorry for the long post
 
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No worries! Thanks for the information.
 

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I was the one that drilled the new hole. I raised the panhard bar on the frame side as far as I could and it helped a lot. I only have a 2" drop, but I still had a little wobble and I hated that. With the bar raised on the frame side it helped a lot.
 

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No it wont fix it i put the panhard bar on and it was good for about 6 months now its back so be for warned and it cost you 700 for a drop WTF lol
 

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I was the one that drilled the new hole. I raised the panhard bar on the frame side as far as I could and it helped a lot. I only have a 2" drop, but I still had a little wobble and I hated that. With the bar raised on the frame side it helped a lot.

ya but with 4'' drop are bars are more level unlike the 2'' drop
 
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$470 for the drop, $150 for the adjustable Pan Hard bar $65 to send it 2 day air from Cali. So you truck still wobbles? Man that sucks.
 
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I should have said 135 for the bar and 15 for the grease they make you buy. No Moe's had just out those drops on sale a couple weeks ago. But hell you know that you work there.
So no one with a R/T has completely fixed this issue? Does Matt know about your Wag?
 
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I also forgot to add the $160 for the life time alignment. So ya to date in I'm over $700 bucks to ruin my truck... WTF
 

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I hope he does i bought from him and posted enough about it on here but ya i to call bel tech and they blamed everything on the truck but there kit.
 

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We should all call in get the name of the person we talked to and then go from there when i called they acted like we are not aware of this problem B/S
 
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I am so down for that, Post the name of the guy you talk to. I am soooooo ready to give somebody a ear full...
 
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Hell just PM me a price for your lights, I've got to get my truck right first.
 
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