Nice work.
Have you had it aligned, or is the parallel plywood panels good enough? If you had it aligned how did you camber come out?
What size tires are you running?
Do you have any other lift?
Is there an improvement in handling?
Are you doing the drivers side CV mod?
With the ball joint out further (and then axle bearing), is it easier to slip CV joints in and out? (With my lifts, I have to really raise the A arm to lessen the angle it comes through, this might make it easier.)
Waiting to see what else has happened to your tracker. And thanks for sharing.
Thanks everyone for the comments.
The MDF that I used for aligning it worked well...but I was putting a few hundred miles on it this weekend and didn't want to wear out my tires. That said it took me two attempts to get it pretty good. After the first try, I took it for a drive and when I returned I noticed the outter lugs were black while the inner lugs, just dirty tire. So I'm sure that was a sign of too much toe in. The problem was keeping the panels straight. They would bow a bit and if I wasn't watching close, one of them could easily have moved during adjustments and measuring. After the second attempt, I was more careful. After a drive there were no signs of misalignment. So I called it good. Then, like I mentioned about, I doubted my work and the distance I had to cover the next few days, I decided to get it done at a shop. I probably wasted my money, cause the feel of the ride after the alignment was the same.
Camber was perfect - according to the alignment shop - and caster is still within acceptable limits.
I run 235 75 15 Kumho Road Venture M/T. (I really like these tires.)
No, I have no other lift. Just the modified control arm and 3/4" spacer in the back.
The handling is the same, but the approach angle is amazing!
No plans for the drivers CV mod as of yet...
I have not tried to remove the axle since the mod was completed.
Thanks BRD HNTR!