His front end shifted sideways !

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I was having a little visit with a friend today who owns a truck similar to mine. I asked him how much his winch and grill guard had made his front end drop. We got to talking about our 2" lift kits we had both put in our front ends. (Too much lift for the winch saggage, we decided) He said that after a couple of months in his, the front end had shifted towards the drivers' side. He felt that raising the truck and not lengthening the track bar had caused it to pull over. He took the track bar down to a machine shop, had it cut and threaded, and made a coupling so he could adjust it. He lengthened it up to push the front end back to where it belonged. He said the lift kit manufacturer had never heard of this happening. Has anyone else ?

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Yep, I have the SkyJacker 2. 5" lift kit, I called Skyjacker up and told them about it. They said they have not had any complaints.

SkyJacker said to cut the track bar and weld a 3/4" piece of bar stock inbetween the two half? Kinda Hokie if you ask me.

So i Did the Same thing your friend did. Cut it, then thread it with LH and RH threads and bought a coupling. . Works like a charm. Why did'nt dodge do it that from the start?.
Doug.

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