Upgrade to the 05 an up axles with front coil springs

 

My dads 2012 had an even tighter turning radius than his 07 with the same wheelbase and cab configuration. Dunno what they changed though.

Shamu has the worst turning radius I've ever been in, and am in the process of making a longer pitman arm to aid in a little tighter turning, without maxing out u joints.

 

Oh My.. Is it possible to knock off those tabs to get more turn

 

you need to see how close the tires are to rubbing the leaf springs at full lock to see if that is possible. Maybe if you got rims that moved the tires out further from the leaf springs. Coil spring front ends can have more rotation because you don't have the leaf spring in the way.

 

What tabs?

If your refering to the steering stops then no, you would end up damaging your steering gear box

 

about the only thing that will help the turning radius on that rig is to remove the rear doors and shorten the frame 3 foot.

 

My 02 single cab 4x4 still has to back up to go in the same park spot that my 06 f 150 crew 4x4 pulls right in.
it's just nature of the beast....

 

Give Me 40 acres to turn this Rig around, Box Car Willie :grin:

 

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You just get used to parking in the sticks away from everyone else, you get used to finding another way to get down town, you get used to no U-Turns unless in the middle of a six lane intersection. Just pretend you are driving a Peterbuilt every where.

 

My 02 cclb drw is a pain to park ANYWHERE. He!l My Kenworth has a better turning radius.[emoji1787][emoji1787]

 

If you really want to make it good, you could always add a hydraulic rear steer with auto recenter. It's a bit of an extreme option but itll definitely help your parking issues.

 

I think my 97 7.3 rclb turns just as fast as my 15 6.7 cclb. Either way I can make a left/right where others can make a U turn lol. Both are 4 turns lock to lock but the 7.3 rubs on the front leaf springs already so there is no room to gain there... It's just the nature of the beast, big trucks do the same things as smaller vehicles with just a much larger area.

I will say that the 6.7 turns easily for it's size. People who ride with me for the first time or two are like you'll never fit this there, and I just do it without hesitation, you get used to driving 23' around when you have to do it all the time.

I know switching to the coil fronts aids a lot of items but I'm not sure if that's the only reason it improved the newer trucks turning radius.

 

The newer trucks have a different length pitman arm and different shape u joints in the axle, so they can get more steering angle than they could back in the day, so they're able to steer farther, without maxing out any angles, or reducing life of parts.

They're trying to compete with an IFS (chevy) too, which turns (and rides) way better than a Solid Axle ever will.

 

I will have to say my 99 F350 4x4 ccbl dually rides pretty nice, I don't drive Chevys so don't know how it compares to them.

 

I guarantee, no solid axle rides as nice as a properly setup IFS.

 

To be honest with you, both my CCLB 05 6.0 and my 02 have chitty turning radius. I thought the 05 with the d60 will improve my turning radius but it hasn’t. If I want to make a u-turn, it had better be three lanes. Not all three lanes are the same width either. The best turning radius would have to be my 02 SCLB.


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I don't try to make to many U-turn unless in a big empty lot or a field. LOL

 

my 32 foot long 2020 Kenworth T880 triaxle has a tighter turning radius than the 2 F550 4 door 4 wheel drive trucks we have do.