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I can attest from experience that you will not be able to shorten the drag link sufficiently to compensate for moving the front axle forward one inch. Been there done that, it just don't work.
The drag link must be LEVEL between the pittman and axle arm. Having said that, the best and easist...
Well, if you are going to raise your truck, you're gonna have to do something with your steering. I had originally installed a drop pitman and block under the wheel arm, but this was wasted money because the drag link would not shorten up enough with the axle moved forward one inch. Sell...
For my M1028 rebuild, I raised the truck 5" as follows:
Rear - I installed ORD's shackle lift kit and 1" Zero-Rates. With this configuration, you need to be aware of a few things. First of all, the flip kit actually rotates the rear axle, because the front of the rear springs do not move...
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