rear is rubbing.

[Richi5280]

Have a 4wd yukon lowered it 2-3 ended up getting the wrong one so the coils for the back didn't work. Got the belltech 3-4in drop in the rear but it rubs against the metal. I have 26" rims wheels are 305/30/26". What do you guys recommend wheel spacers?? Any one else have a 4wd lowered or just any feed back would help

 

[yates ™]

Rubbing inside or outside of tire? You well rub a little in the inner fender.

 

[Richi5280]

It's rubbing inside. right on the edge of the tires I took a look yesterday and you can see rubber has been coming off

 

[yates ™]

What is the tire rubbing on? I would assume if it was inner it would run on the plastic inner fender which should not tear up your tire. I think if you ran a spacer you would rub on the fender.

 

[Richi5280]

I will try and jack it up this weekend to take a good look. But it's rubbing against some metal bc the plastic is pretty ate up I will try and post pics once I check it out

 

[Richi5280]

Took a picture of what is rubbing. What do you guys think? Anyone else had this problem?

 

[NORCAL SS]

Is it only the rubber liner?? If not you can throw a spacer on in the rear to push it out or get the djm hardware kit this will push it back and also fix the swaybar angle. If you look at the swaybar you can see its like this \ it should be like this ---

 

[Richi5280]

Would you happen to know what kind of spacers I would need? Or any good ones out there

 

[NORCAL SS]

Is it rubbing on plastic or is it rubbing on the bolt?

 

[Richi5280]

At first I thought it was only the plastic but when we took a look it's the bolt and whatever that bolt is bolted on to.

 

[NORCAL SS]

You can use a 1/4 inch spacer with et lugs in the rear that will push the tire out 1/4 inch should clear.

the metal braket you can tap in also to give you clearance there. Usually with full rear drop the wheels get sucked in to the front of the truck.

Are you using the 1 inch spacers or just the drop spring by itself/?

 

[ghost]

clearly you are rubbing on the bolt/frame for the trailing arm. you can see where you polished the shit out of the metal with your tire!!! this a common problem with these trucks, you need to get and adjustable panhard bar to put that tire back out to stock location! spohn sells them or you can have them made either one..

 

[NORCAL SS]

i cant see anything on my phone.

I do recall he said both sides are rubbing thats why a panhard bar wont work. You will need to move the axle back.

 

[ghost]

yea im sure hes rubbing plastic on both sides.. need to trim that for sure but i doubt hes rubbing metal on passenger.. if so then yea i would get the trailing arm re-locators.. but i would assume its just rubbing metal on the driver side

 

[Richi5280]

I ended up getting 1in spacers and now im in the clear. I remember a friend telling me something about a panhard bar but I wasn't sure if it would work since both sides were rubbing on the bolts.

 

[NORCAL SS]

yeah both sides rubbing i knew i read that. thats why panhard bar wont work. If the rear is dropped all the way you will need to get the djm hardware kit with trailing arm relocators and swaybar relocators.

But if your happy with a 1 inch spacer roll with it. You will notice the rear tires looked sucked forward now. If you decide to fix it you can go with the spohn upper/lower adjustable arms here
http://www.tbssowners.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=133
http://www.tbssowners.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=134

uppers adjsust 7/16 longer than stock lowers adjust 1/2 inch longer than stock and you rset.

 

[Richi5280]

When I hit dips the back seems to be hitting on something. Like a loud thump any ideas?

 

[01Konvict]

Look up the free travel mod, you are probably hitting the frame bump stops.

 

[tarheelsfan2000]

So I know this post is old but have same problem on 2003 Tahoe. What would fix it and what links for it. I put 3inch mcgrady springs in and tbar drop.

 

[NORCAL SS]

So I know this post is old but have same problem on 2003 Tahoe. What would fix it and what links for it. I put 3inch mcgrady springs in and tbar drop.

What are you rubbing?