[dodge ram man]

i got a 85 ramcharger 4x4 , i put a 4 '' lift on my truck a year ago and wanted to go with 35 '' so i had to get more lift so i put the shackle flip in back and only but the factory lift block back, in the front put some longer shackles in to lift it ,

after i got the back done i drove it and it sways real bad now feals like the rear end is moving from side to side but i dont know ? it wants to dart to one side if i hit a dip or a truck passes me on the raod .

if any one has done this to there truck did u have this prob if u do have u got a fix to it ?

 

[Evildriver-3]

What did you do to the front, you messed with your caster big time, you can't do one thing to 1 end of the spring in the front, if you do the back shackle 2" you gotta to the front hanger 2"

 

[Dodge 85 RC]

Yea what you do to one side of the spring you must do equally to the other, ESPECIALLY the front, otherwise you will have issues like ED3 said. It isn't really too much of an issue in the rear.

 

[dodge ram man]

its all in the rear end is where my prob is cuz i done the rear end first and then drove it and it was swaying

 

[IntenseImages]

its all in the rear end is where my prob is cuz i done the rear end first and then drove it and it was swaying

when you did this, you said you put the factory block back, does this mean you took off your u-bolts? if so check and make sure they are tightened properly, from what i have heard and having done this myself, there is very little sway involved after doing this

also, it says you have a 4 inch lift, and the factory block along with the shackle flip, so if i am reading this right you have over 8 inches of lift in back, is this right?

if so just having that much lift in the rear may be part of the problem

eric

 

[dodge ram man]

ya i had 2 lift blocks in back for a while and that didnot work at all so i took one block out and done shackle flip so that gave me a total of 8 '' lift in back

 

[kyot]

New bushings? Any slop in the eye bolt holes? What did you use for the shackle?

Any chance of a picture?

 

[RXT]

I would look into the bushings. I would suggest you use poly bushings instead of rubber. The rubber flexes too much for the shackle when it's flipped.

There is another solution for the rear axle which I'll be doing myself (Due to longer flipped shackles)
Add a Panhard bar. This is a suspension component which stabilizes the side to side movement of the axle. It's a bar which is attached to the frame on one end and to the axle at the other end, and runs parallel to the axle. It's often used with solid axle w/ coil sprung suspensions.

Ed

 

[dodge ram man]

where can i get the panhard bar at what kinda $ thay cost ?

 

[TheRamChargerMan]

make sure everythign else is right before you go spending money on a panhard bar.

summit & jegs sell them