Best way to drop back to eliminate rake

CJT123 said:

Was looking to reduce the rake by dropping the rear rather then lifting the front (prefer the "squaty" look these days versus the raised look). What would be the preferred way to do this to keep OEM ride quality? Would I need to align to after? THanks!

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Bullishone said:

There is NO good way to do this while maintaining ride quality. None. You can get shackles for the rear but they're just not good for the suspension.

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SilverBolt said:

Remove the blocks under the springs?

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Aaron said:

Shackles are fine for the rear suspension. What is it exactly you think will hurt it?



The blocks set the pinion angle. At least they did on the old trucks, and I doubt ford changed that on the new ones. I know they made 1.25" blocks that a couple of guys replaced their factory blocks with though.

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Aaron said:

Loose how? creaking could have been any number of things including the shackles, but it doesn't mean they are "just not good for the suspension."

Extended shackles aren't a new thing in the off-road world. What I'm getting at is that you made it sound like it will somehow hurt or damage the suspension, which they won't. If you don't like em, there's nothing wrong with that however.

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Bullishone said:

That's true they did not damage my suspension. I removed them and it was fine. Loose meaning the truck swayed more when turning, hard to describe.

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