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Has anybody lifted a 2 wheel drive 67-72 by building their own lift kit.
I don't want a body lift, but I do want 3 to 4 inches of lift by doing the suspension only. It doesn't look like it's hard to build a kit but I was wondering what is needed for the steering. This is actually for my dads 76 crew cab F250. Need pics if posible. Thank's
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I built my own kit. For the steering I did nothing, it has very minimal bump steer. My tie rod and drag link are not perfectly parallel (if they are way off it will cause bump steer) but I still dont have a problem. It looks like if I went to full droop, my draglink and tie rod end would rub against the inner side top of my radius arms, but my truck has a lot of travel, with extended radius arms and I dont have to worry about going full droop unless I put it on a lift.

I had bad bump steer right after I put on my coils, and i-beam drop brackets. I then dropped and extended the radius arms, and completely rebuilt the front end with new parts, which took care of it.
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67 f100 - 4"lift - cut fenders - 36 TSL's
390/3spd/9"

68 f250 - 390/np435
Raised d24
'79 dana 60 front
welded 60 rear
buildup in progress
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Thank's boots. Did you use 1/4 plate or something thicker, can't wait to get started on this truck. :rock:
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marz68 wrote:Thank's boots. Did you use 1/4 plate or something thicker, can't wait to get started on this truck. :rock:
I used 1/4" for my radius arm brackets, but 3/16" for my i-beam drop brackets.
Ethan

67 f100 - 4"lift - cut fenders - 36 TSL's
390/3spd/9"

68 f250 - 390/np435
Raised d24
'79 dana 60 front
welded 60 rear
buildup in progress
http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... 835#136835

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I have plenty of 1/4 inch plate left so that's what I will use for everything. :thup:
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