I have a 1993 pickup 2WD I'm needing a small lift. And something inexpensive too. Was going to go with ball joint spacer and maybe tortion bar adjustment up front, obviously shackles in the rear but cannot find them anywhere. Thanks in advance

 

Wrong forum section...

You need drop spindles not ball joint spacers, try the torsion bar adjustment first cause they're not cheap.

For the rear shackles they're everywhere measure what you have and order longer ones, better would be new or re-arched springs , cheaper a spring over kit.

 

I moved it to the correct section. I personally would not crank the torsion bars myself. Just make for a rough ride. Not sure about what to do to lift a 2 wheel drive as I have not done one.

 

Thank you Terry..

It would be helpful if "small lift" was explained in-depth.

How much room are you looking for and why?

As Terry points out you can and will alter the handling characteristics, since the adjustment alters the preload. A little adjustment will take up spring fatigue and return it to a factory height, a lot turns it into a skate board that goes *thump thump* over little cracks and separations in pavement.

 

there are 2wd balljoint spacers. id go that route. And because theres no axles up there, they can go as large as 2.5". I think SDORI still sells em.

 

There is a whole section for 2wds and numerous threads about what lifts are out there and what tires will fit. Do some searching in there and pretty much all your questions will be answered.

 

That's a bit like sorting through an encyclopedia with no page numbers, no index or appendix pages and someone has cut out all the pages and shuffled them by throwing them into a wind tunnel...

Would you rather ask your wife what she wants for her birthday or try to figure it out by asking the neighbors two year old.

Bottom line its way easier to ask for advice and have a sense of what you're looking for.


Now back to the topic at hand..

2wd spacers don't provide lift they restore the available travel after cranking the torsion bars higher by aligning the bump stops between the control arms. This is due to the 2wd torsion bar being on the bottom control arm. 2wd spacers without a spring adjustment will only rob you of up travel.

Drop spindles simply relocate the spindle further down than would be otherwise possible, leaving all the stock steering and suspension in its original configuration. This is generally not ideal due to it changing the tire contact center point in relation to the steering axis (king pin angle, relative to the Ackerman angle and wheel centerline)

4wd spacers provide lift by directly lifting the upper control arm which is under spring tension.

 

If you actually looked in the 2wd section, you would see that not much encyclopedia searching is needed. 75% of the threads in there are about lifting 84-95 2wd pickups and every one of them pretty much has this same question asked and answered. However, I see you know more then everyone else on this forum so I'll leave you to answer all the questions you have so much experience with.