Back tires hit frame

Intender

Wheeling
Location
Lewisville NC
I noticed during a trip yesterday that when stuffed completely my back tires are hitting the frame and the little section of sheet metal above the frame. Rubbing the frame is not a big deal, but the sheet metal is cutting into my tires and taking little chunks out of my inside lugs uploadfromtaptalk1431885025313.jpg.uploadfromtaptalk1431884959441.jpg

Two questions
Anybody else have this problem?
Any reason to not beat the sheat metal back with a hammer.
 
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caseycamby

Suspension Lift
Location
Marion, NC
I've never noticed having that problem and we pretty much have the same setup, aside from your rear shock mounts. I wouldn't see why you couldn't "fender roll" it or even trim it up and take the edge off of it.
 

SRStaff

Bought an X
Location
Central Alabama
Not too suprising. OEM BS wheels with 31's rubs slightly when stuffed. Not as bad as yours currently does though. The revolvers also shift the leaf springs around more to help create more contact with the frame. You are also tipping in 12.5 wide 33's. You went 3/4" less BS on the wheels. Essentially added 1" back due to 12.5" wide tire and magnafied it with another 1" in height so the tire sidewall/tread corner will tip in even more. Three options to correct it on hitting frame. Narrower tire swap revolvers back to regular shackles, or even less BS. Most choose less BS.
 

TJTJ

Skid Plates
Founding Member
Location
NJ
I use 1.5" rear spacers to reduce rear BS, but not front.

That solved the inner frame rub.

I also bent up the "wings" that stuck out from the bumpstop mounts back there for the same reason.


I went with rear spacers, instead of rims with less BS, so one spare could cover any corner, and I maintain my front steering radius and tire clearance.
 
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Fromfrontier2Xterra

I bought a Taco
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All over PA
That or a tube of KY for the frame....

Saw the preview on mobile and checked this thread out like....

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Haha. As said before. Wheel spacers.

Sent via my walkie talkie
 

caseycamby

Suspension Lift
Location
Marion, NC
Hmm.. I'm running the 3.75s and don't have a problem with frame or sheet metal rubbing on the back. And I didn't have to trim THAT much for the front...
 

TJTJ

Skid Plates
Founding Member
Location
NJ
Hmm.. I'm running the 3.75s and don't have a problem with frame or sheet metal rubbing on the back. And I didn't have to trim THAT much for the front...

3.75 BS is like the OEM 5.5" BS with 1.25" spacers.

Your fronts need more trimming depending on tire size and how hard you wheel it up front, etc....and, how much rub you have vs how much you consider OK.

I've seen guy who's front tire's were binding in the wells (Viewable from outside, spotting, etc..) who swear they don't have rub.

:D
 

TJTJ

Skid Plates
Founding Member
Location
NJ
Yeah, I first put the spacers on the 2001 back in 2002 or so IIRC....to cure the frame rub back there....works like a charm, plus, widens the stance for better COG, etc.

If it were not for front tire issues, we'd all be better off with less BS rims to start with....but the live axle in back and IFS in front means rear spacers are the least complicated solution.
 

Roadwarrior

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
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Yes I had them front and rear.

Minimal trimming on the front.. and by that I think I took off a 3in long (might have been 2in) by 1/2" or 3/4" triangle piece on the front fender, backside of the fender
 

Roadwarrior

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Then I don't see why you wouldn't run spacers.. I loved the slightly wider spread I had, made me feel more stable, then the rear tires tuck better.. Overall.. one of the better mods I did..
 

TJTJ

Skid Plates
Founding Member
Location
NJ
In the rear, spacers are a no brainer.

In the front though, for the same trimming, you'd be able to run larger tires with 5.5" BS than with less BS.

If you've maxed out the trim area with 5.5" of BS, and now fit the tires you want, reducing front BS will make the tires not fit off road, if there was no room left to start with.
 

Prime

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Location
Denver Adjacent
There is room though. My only points of contact in the front are the LCAs and the protective cover over the fuel lines. So maybe bumping the tires out will fix that. Maybe not a full inch and a half, but an inch or so?
 

TJTJ

Skid Plates
Founding Member
Location
NJ
There is room though. My only points of contact in the front are the LCAs and the protective cover over the fuel lines. So maybe bumping the tires out will fix that. Maybe not a full inch and a half, but an inch or so?

Its more likely to make you hit at the lower corners of the well by your front doors though.
 

Roadwarrior

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Its more likely to make you hit at the lower corners of the well by your front doors though.
I don't think you read the part where he's trimmed that 'front corner' all the way back to the tub.. Also he has an RLC front bumper, so I doubt it rubbing there.. The LCA is probably the culprit if you didn't change your turn stops when you upgraded the wheels/tires
 
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