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Old 08-19-2009, 09:46 PM
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I have had the 315's way before i swuitch out to a spool, i recently was running a tru-trac w. 4.11 gears, i just switched to a full spool w. 4.56 gears.....Now i am getting massive tire rubb in the front inside wheel wells right in front of the lca's....The tires are Good Year F1's which i no are known to be wider.....What do u guys running spools do for extra clearance ....Could a 315 like a Sumitumo make that much of a difference , let me know what to do fellas
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double adjustable LCA's may help, or get the LFH (little fawkin hammer) out and do a little massaging...
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Either that or im gonna have to do some cutting....Hell , i hope i dont have this much problems with a spool and 28's, luckily i already have the bump-stops cut out
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A spool is always going to be harder on things, but your rear shouldn't have too much play in it. What do you use for suspension components?
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UMI torque arm with the relocation bracket....and Spohn adjustable lower control arms w. poly bushings.....Would solid bushings help and if so, will it hurt anything daily driving, i heard with a spool and solid bushings, it has no give and it will start to break loose the bracket welded to the car for the front of the lca's to mount to
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i had the same problem you did when i was running slicks. The problem is being caused by your poly ended control arms. When the spool binds, it allows the rear to push forward and back within the bushing tolerances. I would just massage them back out where they are rubbing (what i did). Or switch to the noisy *** rod end control arms.
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Originally Posted by fitz98ta
Or switch to the noisy *** rod end control arms.
They're really not that bad.




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