Cake work, take a nut and hammer it on as far as posible then weld the center to the locking nut. Once it cools off a little, take regular wrench and turn it off. If you can find the socket/extractor use it and resort to this as last resort. The heat from the welding will also help free up the nut.

 

Finally got them on! I ended up using a bolt extractor.

Thanks for all your help!!

 

How much clearance do you have between fender and tire when turning? Any plans for a lift?

 

About 3 3/4". Not a lot. I need to replace the front driver side shock, it seems a little lower than the other.

Probably. I already have another 2" leaf kit I could put on. Not sure how much more clearance that would actually give me though.

 

Good job, looks good. They do look a little snug though.

 

If you want to make clearence and have it look decent there is a simple way. Before I had a lift and ran 40" tires I notched and folded the fender then reattached the plastic liner to the new shape. Just notch 2 places and carefully fold. Here's 2 pics:

 

I wasn't referring to the fenderwell opening clearance, but rather the front bottom part of the fender like PA74F250 is referring to.

I would guess it's pretty tight when the tires are turning, less than an inch maybe?

 

This is fully turned, and as you can see, it's really close. It's a little hard to tell because of the angle in the picture, but with the tread it's about 1". Which basically means, if I were turning and hit a bump, I would eat the fender.

 

Thanks, good idea! I'm wondering, if I bump up another 2" (leaf) to a total of 6, would that be enough for 38s.

 

Instead of adding 2 inches suspension I would add like a 3inch body lift for a fraction of the cost. But just my 2 cents!

 

If you fold the fender you probably will be fine but an add a leaf couldnt hurt. I already had 6 factory springs in the front at the time of the first, then 9 in the second. Later went to 4" skyjacker springs.

Most people never even notice the fenders especially of you screw a wheel liner to the new shape. I think I only ever had one person on here notice something was different.

 

If it's strictly a street truck you'd probably be ok, but that is kinda tight.

Your truck looks to sit pretty level so if you raise the front too much you'll than need to address the rear.

No one makes an add-a-leaf specifically for the highboy front springs so you'll need to scavenge a leaf or two from a junk yard spring pack.

You could also mount up a set of "zero rates" to gain an additional inch of clearance, they're basically a thick add-a-leave that doesn't affect spring rate.

Add a Leafs, Zero Rate for 4x4 Suspensions from Offroad Design