TAZFORDS
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- 2005 Sport Trac XLT 4x4
Ok, so I bought a 2005 Sport Trac recently and last night was the first chance I had to get it up on a rack. Well the adjustment bolts were adjusted almost all the way up, which of course gives it a very stiff ride. My question is this, without knowing where the factory setting was how can I adjust the properly to where the cvs are not in a bind. I do not mind it being a higher than factory in the front, but I know that more than 2" higher can cause problems with a 4x4. I just want to lower it enough that there should be no bind on the cv joints. Any ideas since I do not have the original settings that they were at from the factory?
I did try the old standard of adjusting them both all the way in and adjusting them out, but even at backing them off more than 3 full rounds it still seems way to stiff and the shocks seem to rebound all the way to the top on a bounce. There is only about a 1/4" of threads showing now between the bolt head and the key nut.
Stock 255/70/16 tire size with 32 pounds each tire. May be answering my own question here, but I am thinking that adjust them out until the front fender wells are at least about 1/2" lower than the rear wheel wells should do the trick. Thankfully all the ball joints are tight and seem to be in great shape.
Just kind of at a loss as to a way of fixing someones adjustments not knowing where they started from. lol
I did try the old standard of adjusting them both all the way in and adjusting them out, but even at backing them off more than 3 full rounds it still seems way to stiff and the shocks seem to rebound all the way to the top on a bounce. There is only about a 1/4" of threads showing now between the bolt head and the key nut.
Stock 255/70/16 tire size with 32 pounds each tire. May be answering my own question here, but I am thinking that adjust them out until the front fender wells are at least about 1/2" lower than the rear wheel wells should do the trick. Thankfully all the ball joints are tight and seem to be in great shape.
Just kind of at a loss as to a way of fixing someones adjustments not knowing where they started from. lol
Got them.
