you should at least have the alignment checked. i did alignments for 6 years at my old job and did a few on leveled trucks and caster was never very far off even without the adjustments.

i am running the 2.5" Ebay lift spacers on the bottom of the spring and havent needed an alignment. i did have to correct the steering wheel but that is it.

caster will not cause tire wear at all. the angles that will are the camber (not likely to be out) and the toe, which is most likely the cause. another MAJOR part of reducing tire wear is keeping them rotated EVERY 5K miles! taht is the main thing most people overlook and it kills a tire to stay in the same place for long periods of time

can you tell i work for a tire company??????

 

you should at least have the alignment checked. i did alignments for 6 years at my old job and did a few on leveled trucks and caster was never very far off even without the adjustments.

i am running the 2.5" Ebay lift spacers on the bottom of the spring and havent needed an alignment. i did have to correct the steering wheel but that is it.

caster will not cause tire wear at all. the angles that will are the camber (not likely to be out) and the toe, which is most likely the cause. another MAJOR part of reducing tire wear is keeping them rotated EVERY 5K miles! taht is the main thing most people overlook and it kills a tire to stay in the same place for long periods of time

can you tell i work for a tire company??????

I went plenty miles on the toyos before selling the levleing kit to you and it never wore a tire funny at all....But as said above you will have to adjust the steering wheel.

 

perfect thanks! i was pretty sure it wouldnt from past adjustments on my ranger but I never run that on the road long enough to know. I'm not too worried about toe or camber. Steering wheel is a simple fix.

I like the way it came out, just needs a little more lift in the rear.

 

looks good

 

Looks really good. Those tires look similar to the 285/75/18's I had on my truck a few years ago. Tall and skinny, but absolutely perfect on a leveled truck with stock wheels.

 

thanks, I like them too. Should work out well for my needs.

sorry I have never heard of fixing the steering wheel, what entails in doing this? I'm fixing to install a 2.5" spacer kit on my 05 and was just curious cause I may have to do the same if
need be.

adjust the drag link via the sleeve over on the passenger end. IT will need shortened a little when you put the lift kit on.

 

Castor shouldn't affect tire wear, just how the truck returns to center and how it reacts to ruts, bumps and helps shimmy etc. No alignment required after the shims are installed. If they came with your lift it I would use them.

 

I didnt get them, it seems to drive fine, I can tell it doesnt react the same as it did but it really doesnt bother me. I am used to driving a truck with bias ply 42s.

 

Looks good!! what kind and size tires are those??

 

They are Toyo MT's. The size looks to be either a 275/65/20 or a 315/60/20. They don't look wide enough to be the 35/12.50/20....but I could be wrong.

 

they are a 35x12.5x20, you were close Jeff.

I think I would like to get some F350 blocks though. I have read some people say to get them at the dealer? How much are we talking?

couple more pictures too

 

they are a 35x12.5x20, you were close Jeff.

I think I would like to get some F350 blocks though. I have read some people say to get them at the dealer? How much are we talking?

You can get F350 blocks at the dealer for around $100 but you will have to go to a spring shop to get the U bolts because the dealer doesnt carry them.
I did this on my 03 F250.

 

i got my F350 blocks on ebay with u bolts for $75

this is the seller but he doesnt have any listed right now. i would email and ask about it
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I really like the stance man! I wouldn't get the bigger blocks for the rear, but that's just me.

 

Did you do any trac bar adjustment?

 

No I didnt. Id like to buy the ready lift adjustment but I probably wont for a few months.

The truck looks great, just what im looking for. Is the install something you can do yourself?

Yes it is fairly easy if you have jack stands and a jack. 21, 18, 15 mm sockets.

The rear is about the same to switch out the blocks, you just need a 15,18,21 and 24mm sockets.

 

The truck looks great, just what im looking for. Is the install something you can do yourself?

 

Ive ran lifted and leveled, no caster adjustments, truck always drove fine tires were fine too, just adjusted the steering wheel and went with it, im not a fan of the caster adjusters, to be honest.

 

Ive ran lifted and leveled, no caster adjustments, truck always drove fine tires were fine too, just adjusted the steering wheel and went with it, im not a fan of the caster adjusters, to be honest.

Why?

 

I'm not really either. Anyone make there own radius arms? I was thinking about making my own adjustable radius arms. I think I could make a 4 link fit too, but that would just be extra money.

 

Do you happen to have any pics from the side zabeard? I didnt think you had a trac bar adjustment from the pics i noticed it pretty good but it may not be a bad as i thought

 

No I dont, It is noticeable if you are looking for it but it doesnt just stand out. Ive read its 1/2" to 3/4" to the drivers side. So its not much really.

 

Yeah I measured 1-7/8" on the stock F250 blocks, I have some aftermarket "3" inch blocks that measure 2-7/8" my only complaint with those is they dont have the bumpstop in them.

 

nice, zack!!!

 

The front 2.5" spring spacers are a 1/4" short also..I havn't measured the rear blocks but hardly anything is a true what they say it is size anymore..If that makes sense!!!

 

yeah that doesnt surprise me any.

anyone running the ReadyLift drop brackets for the radius arms? I was looking at those to correct my caster instead of making new arms. My truck tracks a little bit and I dont care for it. Our roads are so crowned here that isnt helping either.

 

Truck looks good. I ran the 2.5" front pucks on my '08 F-350 for over 70k, and now I have a new set of 2.5" pucks on my '10 F-350 for over 18k. I never adjusted anything, no alignments, trac bar, steering wheel, nothing and I've never had any issues and my tires have always worn evenly. I rotate my tires in my driveway every 3k though. I think that's the key.