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Offline 239Design

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Raising the carrier bearing frame support ??
« on: January 12, 2014, 08:37:29 am »
Hi Guys, I did a 3/5 lowering kit from djm over the week end. I says that the carrier bearing support should be raised 1 1/2" or change to a one piece drive shaft. I have looked on the net for a shorter bracket and a one piece shaft and have come up with nothing?? I guess this is a have to me made part?? If any one has ran into this please let me know what the best way to go. I dont think Stacey said anything about this on Gears! Thanks again for any info.

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Re: Raising the carrier bearing frame support ??
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2014, 12:20:16 pm »
     I just did a search for dropping/raising carrier bearing in the djm tech section, they have information there, but the oldest it goes is for a 1988 Chevy truck.  So you might be fabbing something yourself or call djm on Monday to see if it is not listed in their catalogue or tech section.
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Re: Raising the carrier bearing frame support ??
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2014, 06:44:56 pm »
Thanks for your time, thats all I found also. I will give them a call tomorrow and see what they say. I ran it down the road and all seems well except the alinement.

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Re: Raising the carrier bearing frame support ??
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2014, 02:30:45 pm »
How was the kit lowering the rear?  Shortbed in the pic right?  I have in the past with flip kits, set the pinion and it was fine, but DJM didn't exist back then...  I would call them.