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BellTech 1060SP lowering kit review
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I do not think so. I think they were more to get the sway arm ends closer to parallel to the ground when the truck was sitting on it's wheels.
Mmmm could be a bad pinion angle coming off the rear axle. Another person I was talking to had to revert his kit back to factory because it changed the pinion angle so badly his truck was dang near undrivable. I think adjustable rear control arms could fix that but I'm not certain.
I'm not a suspension guy. I just happen to know one
Axelmoctezuma2001
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Ahh ok because i called belltech and they told me the kit was for 1 piece driveshafts and mine is a two so im assuming if i get a 1 piece i should be fine
not quite that easy...as the 2 piece shaft has a center bearing assembly. Switching to a 1 pc shaft would be ...challenging to say the least as 1st you must remove the center bearing assembly then have a shft made to length for your short bed (i bet thats where the problem is) then you can START!. Then you will be spending some time dialing in a usable pinion angle. Without adjustable trailing arms...you will be either LUCKY or making them adjustable. Your OEM pinion angle is set to a drive shaft 1/2 as long as you are about to have therefore causing some issues. I personally would be looking at the drive shaft bottoming out in your lowered position. As you lower the chassis down (or rear diff UP).. given the drive shaft angles DOWN from the chassis to the diff....as the rear goes UP you are making a shorter distance between the center support and diff. I do not know exactly how the drive shafts are in THIS truck but most only allow about 3/4" of travel before the yoke bottoms out on the output shaft (tranny) or the spline shaft from the front drive shaft. Typical 2 pc drives BOTH teh front (of the front) and the rear (of the rear) are BOLTED in with a slip yoke in the middle if these bottom out (shaft length is TOO long) you will beat the crap out of outer pinion bearing AND teh output thrust bearing (in the tranny) to DEATH
Rock Crawler
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Looks good! Which kit did you use? I know they sell it in different configurations.
I went with the Performance coilover kit.
Part number 1063SPC
Front was easy and straight forward. The rear arm relocation brackets and track bar bracket took a little fabrication. What should have been a 4hr job, Took all day to install.
Part number 1063SPC
Front was easy and straight forward. The rear arm relocation brackets and track bar bracket took a little fabrication. What should have been a 4hr job, Took all day to install.
CHeYeNNe71
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CORE4X4 Adjustable rear control arms.
Rock Crawler
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Shouldn’t the RCA relocation brackets correct your pinion angle? If not, I guess you could use adjustable RCA’s like CHeYeNNe71 said.
Thanks, I’m gonna look into those. Don’t want to cause any damage to the pinion bearing.
Yes, that’s what I thought too. But from reading this post it seems the kit was made for 1 piece driveshafts, which I didn’t know about until now.
CHeYeNNe71
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CORE4X4 arms will give better feedback without the oem rubber bushings. Look at their Panhard and Sway bar links also.
My truck has the 1-piece driveshaft. Did not even know they made a 2-piece.
For the track bar I just kept the factory mount and got a Spohn adjustable trackbar which easily corrected the driveline alignment issue with the kit and the unusable relocation bracket.
After the kit being installed for over a year now. Has it really been that long?? Wow.
Anyhow I've had no issues. Alignment is holding and I've only bottomed out once on a sneaky bump at speed. Still have not towed my jeep nor have I gotten the air pump kit yet.
For the track bar I just kept the factory mount and got a Spohn adjustable trackbar which easily corrected the driveline alignment issue with the kit and the unusable relocation bracket.
After the kit being installed for over a year now. Has it really been that long?? Wow.
Anyhow I've had no issues. Alignment is holding and I've only bottomed out once on a sneaky bump at speed. Still have not towed my jeep nor have I gotten the air pump kit yet.
That’s good to hear.
Do you know what air lift kit you’re running? Suspension superstore rec. 60920 for a 4inch drop on the rear. I’m not sure if I should order the 60920 kit or the 7inch length, 60919 kit.
I want to make sure it will fit and work as I do travel with my motorcycles on the bed quite often.
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The airbags I run are here.
And that is odd you have a 2 piece. I have a single and same cab configuration
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And that is odd you have a 2 piece. I have a single and same cab configuration
My Maxtrac lowering installation
I haven't found a detailed thread with all the P/Ns and info in one easy to find post. Here ill post all the P/Ns, specs and links for the parts im installing. Most of this info is thanks to @Mopar_maxi Truck is a 2021 Laramie Sport, CC, short bed, 4x4,non ORP, with etorque. Suspension-...
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Thank you for the link.The airbags I run are here.
And that is odd you have a 2 piece. I have a single and same cab configuration
My Maxtrac lowering installation
I haven't found a detailed thread with all the P/Ns and info in one easy to find post. Here ill post all the P/Ns, specs and links for the parts im installing. Most of this info is thanks to @Mopar_maxi Truck is a 2021 Laramie Sport, CC, short bed, 4x4,non ORP, with etorque. Suspension-...
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Yeah, I didn’t know they had different set ups. But hopefully the adjustable arms take care of this
Rock Crawler
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I was thinking about this today. I wish I had measured my stock pinion angle before lowering my truck. I need to see what mine is at now to make sure I’m set up right. I have read that the angle should be around 3 degrees or less.
Yes, those are the ones I went with. Installed them today and wow, what a difference. I have them set at 9psi and the rear rides so much better.
Just installed my wheels too but now I need to add a 20mm spacer to make the fitment sit perfect
hello, I am having trouble with the Belltech lowering kit(1062hk). The shop that I have my truck contacted me saying that the rear bracket for the axle does not line up at all. Contacted Belltech apparently a lot of people having the same problem. But they don’t have a solution. Waiting for them to talk with there engineers. But having my truck at the shop is not cheap. Need some help.
