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Anyone use these spacers before?


personally, just go get the washers....way cheaper and easily more durable...

l8r, John
 
There is probably nothing wrong with them... you should buy them and give us a review after a few years :icon_thumby:

Tho steel washers from your local industrial supply are much cheaper and usually come in a box so your buddy with an RBV could have some too.
 
The washer method coast me $5 for both sides with a couple left over washers.
 
I can't see how an aluminum spacer would fail... :icon_confused:

(they aren't the same as aluminum leaf spring lift blocks, if that's what you're thinking)


That said, washers would still be the way I'd go (much less $$$).
 
I'm not sure about the washer idea. In the pics I've seen with 3 inch washers, it doesn't look durable to me, even being welded. They look like if I smacked a curb hard enough they would give in. How much abuse can they handle?

If I were to go the washer route, I guess I could be more precise. Dumb question, but is it a precise measurement to measure from the tire to the fender flare and use the difference from front to back to know how high to stack the washers?

Thanks a ton for the help! I'm needing radius arm bushings, and I want to level it too, so I'm going to do both at the same time. :icon_welder:
 
they are steel....what's not durable about that :icon_confused:

where they mount on the beam is in towards the pivot point...so 1 1/2" of washers = roughly 2" at the wheel (basically what i ended up with ) which is also close to the limit of camber correction....so i wouldn't recommend more than 1 1/2" of washers.....

as for hitting a curb....your alignment and rim will get hurt worse than the washers ever will....:icon_thumby:

l8r, John
 
from what I've heard, but not experienced personally, the aluminum spacers warp and can crack when put under stress. I have the delrin ones, and have done some heavy wheeling, and no issues watsoever
 
the washers arent whats going to fail if you hit a curb, usually its the tire and rim that suffer or in an extreme case its possible to bend or break your axle beam brackets and radius arm mounts (hard to do). All the washers ever experience is vehicle weight and up and down forces from the suspension cycling. They don'w experience hardly if any horizontal forces in any direction as thats not their "job" the horizontal forces are dealt with by the axle beam brackets and radius arms.
 
OK, I think you guys have about talked me into washers. I'm a tight ass, so saving money makes it especially nice. From what I've read (correct me if I'm wrong), there should be plenty of threads on the studs from factory. The way you explained it makes perfect sense legoms013 about the weight being the washer's only job. I wasn't thinking clearly.

Railman, I am assuming you mean my factory camber bushings should have enough adjustment in them for alignment correction?
 
Just get underneath your truck with a tape measure and measure how much length/threads are left on the stud that the coil retainer goes on, as this distance is how many washers you will be able to fit.

I was able to fit +1.5" worth of washers and still was able to get the coil retaining nut to engage plenty of threads (essential).

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Yes sir, I ran that setup for two months (bump steer was crazy) then I got a good deal on Skyjacker's Extreme drop pitman arm and this is how the tie rod angles are to this day:

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Tie-rods are now much more flat (not perfectly flat tho), but stil much better even when I just had a 3.5" lift.
 

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