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Could be, mostly main road and highway driving for me. And a little off road here and there :D

I'll get an image of mine, but at least 250 miles since I installed the tires and no signs of rubbing at all on bolts or caps. Same spacers and screws.

Yup :beer:

Went with the 1/4", no signs of rubbing as of yet!

Yes I did end up replacing all 4 U-Bolts Finished mounting yesterday with the exception of the spare which I'm getting a new wheel for. Hands down the best modification I have yet done to my truck, feels like I'm driving on glass with power steering. Also glides right over bumps that used to...

Milled my right perch today. After work I went to reinstall it in the pouring rain, but don't worry I stayed pretty dry and so did my tools! 8-) Right side went back together very easily, I was terrified that the axle would have shifted and caused an alignment issue when I went to lower the...

Bridgeport at my work. I'm building a fixture to set in the vise so the angles on both will be identical even though I'm doing them one at a time. :cool:

Got started on my mods yesterday. I already got the spacer plates painted up and waiting in the cab. Replaced the cap screws and pulled the right side spring perch for caster angle modification. Just a couple more days and I'll be ready to change them over!

Thanks for the excellent report! I can wait a couple more days, not in a huge hurry to pay for the mounting. I just loaded the tires in the back of the truck yesterday so I'm ready to go anytime.

Thanks man! Looks like they have 5/16 as well if 3/8 or 1/2 wouldn't leave enough threads on the studs. Also to keep this thread on the subject of the caster angle I am currently sourcing a pair of spring perches so I can mill those down and keep my stock set in case I ever decide to go back.

Valence I am about to order the spacer plates, if you had to do it over again would you have ordered the thicker plates? There is a pretty significant cost difference but if the thicker ones will be better in the long run I would rather just get them now.

They come stock on the front of many 5 tons. Right? :confused:

Still hoping to find out if I can do this mod before I have the tires installed, will there be negative handling effects on the stock 9.00s?

Ah that makes sense, from what I have read they don't rub together. Wider stance in the front sounds nice, I may experiment with that later on but first I just want to get everything switched over to the 11.00s.

Not 100% sure what you are saying here, spacers are for rear to decrease rubbing on the trunnion cap bolts, right Valence? I will be running my stock Budds, G177s all around and dual rears.

Awesome!!! I had visions of chopping up old Deuce rims to build them as a cost effective solution, but those are very reasonably priced.

Subbed, I'll be doing this soon hopefully :drool: