Frame distorsion.
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I still say, it is the frame that is flexing. The diff is bolted to the frame. If you can spend some time studying how the way everything is attached and the way forces are applied, I think it will be conclusive, that the frame is flexing.
All I know for sure is the bar eliminates contact and the driveshaft and the front steering geometry (toe-in) seemed to be greatly improved with this fix.
When the frame flex's the steering does funny things. Especially when the front end is digging hard (i.e., Loading and unloading near the end of the pull)
All I know for sure is the bar eliminates contact and the driveshaft and the front steering geometry (toe-in) seemed to be greatly improved with this fix.
When the frame flex's the steering does funny things. Especially when the front end is digging hard (i.e., Loading and unloading near the end of the pull)
I have been running this bar that i made just like others and have had no luck at all with it. I am not bashing but it just hasnt fixed anything for me. Not saying that its not helping but I did end up puting a 1/2 inch grade 8 bolt through my driverside motor mount to make a "semi solid" mount. That did take care of the front drive shaft hitting the tranny but now i got a bigger problem. The damn half shaft flange on the drivers side is coming back and hitting the lower a arm bolt. I am stumped on a way to fix this problem at this time. Nothing is bent with the lift or has been wrecked but it seems to be getting worse
I have my first pull this next weekend with the 4" tc lift so I am going to keep an eye out on all of these issues.
I dont know about yalls but I have the newer design "Strong" Kit and maybe the newer design will help
I dont know about yalls but I have the newer design "Strong" Kit and maybe the newer design will help
I have some down time since surgery, in other words I'm bored. I'll take a reall good look at it this week.
Question #1- How many do not have a lift and still encounter this?
Question #2- For Travis, can you tell me how the front diff is mounted.
Question #3- For Eric, Lower a arm bolt is what you say. The top bolt is good? What are your TB bolts set at & how much weight are you hanging?
There are 4 different things that would cause this contact at that point. As I said before we could see & see the evidence of the motor torquing with the tailshaft moving toward the DS.
Question #2- For Travis, can you tell me how the front diff is mounted.
Question #3- For Eric, Lower a arm bolt is what you say. The top bolt is good? What are your TB bolts set at & how much weight are you hanging?
There are 4 different things that would cause this contact at that point. As I said before we could see & see the evidence of the motor torquing with the tailshaft moving toward the DS.
the more i read this the more i think its the lifts, i check mine constantly no marks on anything from contact under the truck and ive over 20 pulls on the truck.
I think we will see it is the lifted trucks but mines lifted & I don't have any issues...yet
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My motor mounts are bolted and I actually made it worse in my opinion. Either the diff is twisting or the trans and t-case are swinging over in my way of thinking.
I could see ours moving on the dyno
But I want Eric to chime in yet. We'll get it fixed
I had the same problem on my truck, but when I chained the motor on the driver's side it fixed my problem.
Exhaust manifold/up-pipe bolt. The bottom hole has to be drilled. If you go that route use either solid eye bolts or weld the eye where it wraps around back into itself (if you know what I mean). The torque of the motor trying to roll will stretch the eye bolt open and make the whole setup useless.
It can easily be removed, but I am not going to take it off my truck. I got the idea from IdahoRob. I don't have a picture of it on my truck, but here's one Rob posted on DP.
That is a nice simple setup!
Yea it happened again last night. I think im going to take the pan hard bar completely out and see what happens. All mounts on the lift and diff are good. The a-arm bolts are installed correctly and are good. Since I have been running 35's on 16x10 rims I do have the torsion bars cranked in about 4 turns or so. But nothing major with absolutely zero tow in or funky front end dancing. I do also hang 1000 pounds offset to the drivers side alittle