I was looking into bj spacers and lift spindles for my truck and have just a couple questions first of all. The companies that manufacture the lift spindles say that you can use stock hardware. Is this totally true or do you have to do some more modifications to make them work and if so then would it be a bad idea to stick a bj spacer on it as well to increase travel. This seems like it would work because they both work with stock equipement any ideas or advice on my front end????

 

hermmm you talkin about a bracket lift for a 2wd? or is it purely lift spendles....? i dunno i dont have a 2wd, but using a BJ spacer with a bracket lift is fine

 

no hes talking about lift spindles..probably 3in spindles..lol

AFAIK you can use BJ spacers with the lift spindles..at most you might have to do a little grinding to make em work..talk to Abecedarian on here he should be able to tell ya

 

SDORI or 4crawler offer balljoint spacers. You have to grind on the control arms but it seems like a easy weekend project

 

so would i be able to actually maintain my stock uca. according to sdo.ri installation instuctions you only have to grind on the 4wd arms the 2wd doesn't have that step

 

Lift spindles will 'lift' you up without doing much of anything else. They won't affect the ride quality, travel, etc. With 3" spindles, the front end, frame, body, etc. is going to sit 3" farther from the ground. Truck should ride like stock cause you don't have to change springs, shocks, etc for lift spindles. You may have to change rims to allow clearance between the rim/tire and the upper control arm.

BJ spacers on a 2wd don't give you any lift, by themselves. The torsion bar on a 2wd truck acts on the lower arm so any spacer you put between it and the lower BJ will 'lower' your truck, and if you put a spacer between the upper BJ and the upper control arm, you're only increasing how far "down" the wheel can move... and this is the trick- BJ spacers on 2wd will let you crank in more lift because they will let you have more travel.

You can combine BJ spacers and spindles without many issues. You may need to pay attention to the rim and spacing to the ball joints and steering knuckle to make sure that the rim is spaced far enough out to clear everything.

You shouldn't have issues with alignments if you raise the rear equal to the front (with spindles) or a little less than the front (if you use BJ spacers and crank the t-bars).

 

what size of tire would i be able to run and what would the rim size need to be in order to clear would i need just a little backspacing or a lot i can't remember where the measurements are made from