Bought my truck 2 months ago 2012 Ram 3500 SRW, it was missing a front driveshaft. Which was weird from the get go, but it rode nice and was quiet. Didn't take it on the highway on test drive. I know, dumb mistake.
It was a Ram dealership so they told me they would get a new driveshaft and do the brakes. Had a few issues with death wobble and turned out to be the junk bilstein steering stabilizer. Got a stock one put in and all good.
I then started to notice a whirring/grinding ish sound as well as vibration/shaking at highway speeds (40mph+). Dealership looked at the truck again and informed me the shake was from the lift kit and aggressive tires, they were sorta right about the tires. They were completely out of round, good excuse so I bought new wheels and tires and got them road forced balanced. Vibration/shake was gone but the noise was still there.
Pulled the front driveshaft and the noise is gone, I just dropped the shaft off this morning to get checked out and balanced. But the guy at the driveshaft shop took a look quick at the angle under the truck for the front shaft, he is saying the transfer case should be angled down more. We also noticed some rubbing at the joints on my shaft indicating what he was saying.
Truck has a 4.5" fabtech lift kit and 35" tires.
How can I fix the angle of the transfer case? I thought this wasn't an issue until a 6-8" lift.
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