6" Lift

[walkerkd]

My new to me beater.
Shes Named Rust Bucket! haa haa.. but i dont even care runs perfect and turn the key and never hear the starter she bust right off!! anyway talk to bill today at alcan springs ordered my 6" lift cant wait 3 weeks willl take forever. Let me tell you they are by far the most pleasant people to talk to! customer service is awesome!

[dazedandconfused]

Nice truck

[walkerkd]

shes rusty as heck but i like her. haa haa.. No running Boards anymore.

[walkerkd]

hey guys i ordered the kit but i may have made a mistake it looks like the 6" lift requres quit a bit of stuff to replace. brake lines, pitman arm, steering spacer. and drive shafts. i read somewhere that it was not requred then starting reading again and it seems it is. can anyone tell me for sure. i will call Bill tomorrow or monday morning and have him build me a 4" kit seems more safe i wanna run 37x12.5x16.5s but i dont have the budget to do a complete build up right now.

[RumbleFish]

I put a 5.5" Superlift on my ramcharger, and had to do a front brake line, steering block, and a front drive shaft spacer. I also did an adjustable draglink, but it may not have been mandatory.

[walkerkd]

so prob better and safer idea would go 4 inch... dang i should have done a bit more research i will get the skyjacker drop pitman arm and adjustable draglink my main concern was not messing with drive lines and stuff.

[RCCUMMINS89]

Front drive line will need to be lengthened, will on 4 as well.

I'm not sure on rear driveline, because the extended cabs are the 2 piece, correct? The std. cabs don't need lengthened.

I've never had to lengthen a brake line with a 6" susp. lift.

You will need the Steering block, OR a diff. pitman arm.

That's all

[walkerkd]

well in that case hell do the 6" drop pitman and no matter what i will have to do the drive line so y not do full 6" plus with the 37s i wanna run it should look even better.

[Ram360man]

4 inch lift on mine. Did a 4 inch drop pitman arm and ground on the cv yokes. where hitting when it was flexed out. Thats all i did. Id run the 6 inch regardless with 37s. I can make 33s hit if I push it hard enough. That truck doesn't look like a rust bucket either really. lol

[walkerkd]

Well Let me tell you guys Bill Ford at Alcan Springs is a great guy to work with and my springs came today and man they look awesome. I mean AWESOME. pics to come in Near future. oh i got the 6".... and i got a M&H M3 in the mail too! hahaha...

[walkerkd]

I was trying to order my ubolts and for the rear on rock auto i got it figured out as 9/16" X 2 9/16" X 16 3/4" but the fronts they are all the same but differnt widths. does anyone know what i need for the w350 heres what they got.
9/16" X 4 1/16" x 8 1/2" Round Bend; Front Spring; Passenger Side Outboard
9/16" X 3 5/8" X 7 5/8" Round Bend; Front Spring; Passenger Side Outboard
9/16" X 3 1/4" X 8 1/2" Round Bend; Front Spring; Drivers Side

and i will get the bolt to replace the stud if it comes out when uninstalling.

[walkerkd]

heres the before and after and whats to come..

Before



after Lift


Future

[RCCUMMINS89]

I'd swap a 3" block in the rear to replace your 6".... make it ride a little bit more level. Up to you though.

[walkerkd]

cool good idea!! do u cut the 6? or buy a 3"

[RCCUMMINS89]

Could probably swap someone with a non i/c truck..... The i/c trucks got a 6 from the factory for increased payload, where as the non i/c trucks got a 3

Or buy the 3, should run about 50