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- Hemi 5.7L
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Am I missing something? Can you not just look under the truck??
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Do you own a caliper, geometry, or physics book?
Gee, why didn’t I think of that? Genius idea. Thanks. /s
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Thanks for actually being helpful and not just commenting a smart ass remark. I’ve never really dealt with driveshafts before so I don’t know much about them. I’ll take a look under my truck.
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Its cool, and yea i am going to go crawl under it when i go outside in a few minutes.
I have one more question about this lift kit maybe someone can help.
I just ordered new rims and tires, here are the specs:
Backspacing: 4.52
Offset: -25
Wheel Diameter: 20
Wheel Width: 10
Hub Bore: 87.10
Tire Size: 35x12.50x20
Now the MaxTrax 4.5"/3" Lift kit with Fox Shocks says the following:
WARNING:
So my new wheels backspacing is 4.52 and maxtrac says no less then 4.5". Obviously 4.52" is more then 4.5" but its such a close call that i am not sure if there will be problems or not. What do you guys think? Also it says to run 9" wide rims, but my new rims are 10" wide.... again is this going to be a problem?
MAXTRAC SUSPENSION DOES NOT ADVISE USING WHEELS WIDER THAN 9" OR WHEELS WITH LESS THAN 4.5" BACKSPACING. DOING SO WILL RESULT IN VOIDING ANY AND ALL MANUFACTURER WARRANTIES
Ask @CAG CheechDogg about this. They voided his warranty for his wide wheels too.
Really dumb. The wide wheels will work just fine.
Its cool, and yea i am going to go crawl under it when i go outside in a few minutes.
I have one more question about this lift kit maybe someone can help.
I just ordered new rims and tires, here are the specs:
Backspacing: 4.52
Offset: -25
Wheel Diameter: 20
Wheel Width: 10
Hub Bore: 87.10
Tire Size: 35x12.50x20
Now the MaxTrax 4.5"/3" Lift kit with Fox Shocks says the following:
WARNING:
So my new wheels backspacing is 4.52 and maxtrac says no less then 4.5". Obviously 4.52" is more then 4.5" but its such a close call that i am not sure if there will be problems or not. What do you guys think? Also it says to run 9" wide rims, but my new rims are 10" wide.... again is this going to be a problem?
MAXTRAC SUSPENSION DOES NOT ADVISE USING WHEELS WIDER THAN 9" OR WHEELS WITH LESS THAN 4.5" BACKSPACING. DOING SO WILL RESULT IN VOIDING ANY AND ALL MANUFACTURER WARRANTIES
Ask @CAG CheechDogg about this. They voided his warranty for his wide wheels too.
Really dumb. The wide wheels will work just fine.
Thanks for the advice guys.
Crawled under my truck and seems it’s a solid 1 piece.
I never noticed how clean the underside of my truck is for living in the Northeast. Aside from the surface rust on the driveshaft and the finish rust on the exhaust, it’s pretty damn clean.
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FYI dont worry about the rust on the drive shaft. The steel drive shafts on 4th gens are made out of a material known as weathering steel. Sounds really weird but the rusting actually prevents more corrosion.
Right before I bought my truck I crawled under it and noticed how much rust was on the drive shaft. Being an AZ truck it's whole life and having only 6k miles on it at the time I was pissed. Until I learned this haha. I never got around to painting mine either.You can also paint it if it bothers you which is what I will be doing pretty soon ... I keep on procrastinating but it's gonnah happen .....
FYI dont worry about the rust on the drive shaft. The steel drive shafts on 4th gens are made out of a material known as weathering steel (trade name Cor-Ten). Sounds really weird but the rusting actually prevents more corrosion.
Being a shorter config truck you shouldn't have a carrier bearing. They used that on longer trucks like crew cabs