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04-03-2006, 12:49 PM
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centering the wheel
i've noticed that most of the lowered truck i see have this problem.
 the wheel/tire sets back in the opening. right now i have my crossmember out (doing a notch) and when i put it back in i figured i could fix the problem by moving the crossmember forward. i know i will run into steering issues, but i have that covered. my question is does anybody know how far it will need to be moved forward in order for it to be centered. thanks in advance, brandon. |
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04-03-2006, 01:35 PM
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Re: centering the wheel
If you move the crossmember forward, you'll run into problems with the steering linkage. There's a member that modded his control arms to bring the wheel forward, I believe his name is Slammed67. Here's his website that has pics of it... http://www.jayspot.com/pages/67gmc-chassis.html scroll down about half-way to the crossmember mod section.
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04-03-2006, 01:48 PM
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Re: centering the wheel
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04-03-2006, 04:37 PM
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Re: centering the wheel
Maybe slammed67 could tell you how far he moved his wheels back if you PM'ed him. I completely missed the part in your first post about you having the steering worked out, sorry. Are you gonna be using a rack & pinion?
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04-03-2006, 06:13 PM
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Re: centering the wheel
no. i'm not going to use r & p, i'm going to do somthing like this.
 i sectioned my c-member 2'', so to fix the steering linkage problems i am going to have, i plan on z-ing the frame 2'' as pictured here. and if i make the cuts at an angle it will move the steering linkage both forward and up at the same time.
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04-03-2006, 07:23 PM
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Re: centering the wheel
Just make sure you'll have enough room for your radiator, once the box gets moved up. Good Luck and post progress pics!
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