4 door it to level out the weight distribution. haha

 

Thanks retro! Hahaha! I think I'm gonna try to get it on a lift this coming wkend. (Or I could just rail the shit down)

 

just so were on the same page you're trying to build a whole nuther truck rite?

 

Yeah but this issue is on the single cab. Haven't started the crew cab build. That's prolly gonna be august. I hope.

 

you're notched for tierods or have a LSOH kit right Aaron? if you've never modified your Y pipe before it will def keep you from laying out... unless you air it up and down a couple times and just crush the thing :haha: but I don't recommend going that route..You did the triangle mod on the other side of the X member too correct

 

Lsoh kit, sectioned y pipe, and modded xmember.

Still stumped

 

What size board did you put under the skid plate and under the frame?

 

Used some 1x4's (.75" thick). Put a short piece under sled, one under each tire, then one under frame about centered w/ gas tank all the way across. It laid flat on the boards perfect.

 

I was just double checking. Making sure you didnt put something thicker under the skid plate and where the frame sweeps up

So when you say it doesnt lay- how close are you?

 

With the wood it lays perfect

Without 1/2" or 3/4" sled is off the ground. So irritating. Time to build another one. Taking this one to crusher for $300.

 

Good idea. Send me the iPad dash bezel before u crush it lol

 

drive it here ill give ya 400

 

what arms are you running? maybe your ball joints are binding. Also, my old std cab the lower arms would hit the mounting point of the arms when they swung up. kinda hard to explain.

 

i know what your talking about wirrey, the upper part of the lower rear control arm mount, i had to grind mine out too.

 

exactly. i notched mine on my first gen.

 

Sd arms

 

sd arms will hit the stock mount points too. My rear tube hits one side right as it lays.

 

How bout some pic that might help us see what's going on an how you doing it

 

o he does it rite, he just missed some thing.

 

This may be a dumb question bcuz I'm not looking at my truck right now, but anybody got pics of where u grind the area? I'm putting art arms on next week, I don't wana miss anything.

On second thought tho if he's see sawing it wouldn't be the arms.

 

On second thought tho if he's see sawing it wouldn't be the arms.

this is also true. driveshaft? unless he hasn't sectioned the hump out of the tranny xmember......i'm out of ideas.

 

^^^

 

Me too man. It's not the arms. Like I said,
It's going to scrap yard. Gonna be $300 richer and not have to look like a noob with a truck who sits almost a full 3/8" off the ground in the front.

 

I will come buy the thing for $300 if you decide it's better off as scrap. I would rather hear about you fixing it than letting it beat you like other people have said. Just be patient with it and I'm sure you will figure out the issue.

 

I would try to figure it out first before crushing this one and building a new one. Who's to say your next truck wont do the exact same thing?

3/8" off the ground doesn't seem like a reason to crush a truck IMO. There's lots of people on here who are farther off the ground than that. We could definitely use some pictures of your truck.

Running drop spindles? Firewall tub'd? Pulled inner fender?


Edit: I re-read your post about the 1x4's under the truck. Can you get a pic under the truck when it's laid out to see if anything is hanging low that may be stopping you from laying out? Pull the front valence off if you don't have enough room to peek under. If it lays out fine with wood under it, then it doesn't sound like the suspension, but rather something hanging lower than it should be.

 

no reason to scrap this thing. you look like a noob letting this thing defeat you. rip the whole front end apart and and lay it out does it lay?then have a look and what what if there's a prob, put it together starting with you arms, does it lay? then have a look see what and if there's a prob. then re-install bags does it lay? then then have a look and see what's the problem. it's really not that hard.

 

He said that it will lay if the wheels are on 1x4's with wood under the frame too. If that is the case, then the suspension sounds fine. It sounds like something is hitting the ground before the frame. No sense in wasting time tearing something down when the issue is likely an easy fix.

 

then you should be able to see some thing hanging down.
we need pics!

 

I'll try to snap some this morning. Won't be pretty since all I have is my phone. I really think it has to be the thicker metal seam where the tranny xmember is.