So I've heard mixed results on this. I'm not sure if I'm experiencing issues because of who I took the truck to get the work done, or just issues from the lift itself... I have a 2015 Silverado, and installed a 2.5 inch RC level/lift kit. Some say that it puts terrible strain on your suspension, others say they have 50,000+ miles with it and not a single problem.
Well, its only been on 2 weeks and it has been nothing but problems for me, naturally. The first issue was not the kits fault, for certain. I'll spare the details, but it ended up being that the upper ball joint was never properly torqued and it came out after driving for 1 day.
Fast forward 10 days. I finally get the truck back. I am absolutely terrified and have some mild PTSD from the ball join issue, so every time I get out of the truck after a drive, I crawl up underneath and inspect all of my suspension connections. WELLLLL, tunnel vision, I THINK is my down fall... It turns out, that the spacer that goes between the A-arm and the shock was installed backwards, and the spacer is literally almost touching my CV. The boot on the knuckle end is split at one of the bellows closest to the spacer, and I believe that after bouncing around in the gov't woods all day today, the spacer smacking and rubbing against the boot caused it to split. Now that I'm thinking about it, I wonder if its possible that the CV shaft itself could have got smacked by the spacer too...
I've read that the angles of the CV being changed could cause the boot to tear, but I've also read that others have been driving for years with no issues.
In this case since I've already had issues, I'm 99.99% positive that the spacer caused the the boot to split. What do yall think?
Bringing it back to the service department at the crack of dawn... again...
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