Miller
Registered Member
went out playing in the mud last night and doing some hill climbing,
I ended up fubareing something on the driverside of the truck, drove it home at about 30 miles an hour haveing to strong arm it the hole way to keep it on the road. my first thought was I put a flat spot in the wheel. but it wouldnt bounce that bad cause even with flat spot the tire would seperate from the wheel alittle keeping it semi round. second thought was cv joint may have been binding even in 2wd going down the road. and causeing the left side to jerk and bounce. 3rd was maybe bent control arm or tie rod. but I just went outside and it doesnt look bad. tow and camber look decent though I know there out. but not enough to cause these problems.
later today or tonight Ill pull the half shafts out and toss my dumby axle stubs in to get the least amout of moving parts to a minumum as possible. then see whats going on. Im pretty sure its something that rotates, becase at glance there isnt anything that is broke or looks terribley bent.
heres the story, last night I was climbing a hill in 4hi the tranny in granny gear and my foot at about 3/4 throttle, when the left side decided to launch off a rock that was about half as tall as my 35" tire. that haulted all forward movement on the hill and my truck kinda sideways, with the cd player hanging outa the dash and dangleing by the wires. with all kinds a thoughts going through my head, cause that wasnt a hill you wanted to not make it up when its kinda muddy and be sitn dead at an angle.
ohhhhh and on this same run my dang heater hose split down the middle where it connects to heater core. so you can imagine my thoughts on the side this hill. my trucks just launched over something steams rolling from under the hood. and Ijust got the motor together. all I could thick of were thoughts of a cracked block. cracked head, something major.
anyways thats what happend last night, not sure why Im saying all, there it is anyways.
Evan
I ended up fubareing something on the driverside of the truck, drove it home at about 30 miles an hour haveing to strong arm it the hole way to keep it on the road. my first thought was I put a flat spot in the wheel. but it wouldnt bounce that bad cause even with flat spot the tire would seperate from the wheel alittle keeping it semi round. second thought was cv joint may have been binding even in 2wd going down the road. and causeing the left side to jerk and bounce. 3rd was maybe bent control arm or tie rod. but I just went outside and it doesnt look bad. tow and camber look decent though I know there out. but not enough to cause these problems.
later today or tonight Ill pull the half shafts out and toss my dumby axle stubs in to get the least amout of moving parts to a minumum as possible. then see whats going on. Im pretty sure its something that rotates, becase at glance there isnt anything that is broke or looks terribley bent.
heres the story, last night I was climbing a hill in 4hi the tranny in granny gear and my foot at about 3/4 throttle, when the left side decided to launch off a rock that was about half as tall as my 35" tire. that haulted all forward movement on the hill and my truck kinda sideways, with the cd player hanging outa the dash and dangleing by the wires. with all kinds a thoughts going through my head, cause that wasnt a hill you wanted to not make it up when its kinda muddy and be sitn dead at an angle.
ohhhhh and on this same run my dang heater hose split down the middle where it connects to heater core. so you can imagine my thoughts on the side this hill. my trucks just launched over something steams rolling from under the hood. and Ijust got the motor together. all I could thick of were thoughts of a cracked block. cracked head, something major.
anyways thats what happend last night, not sure why Im saying all, there it is anyways.
Evan
