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Wasting my time.. Input needed on beefing up my ifs and part selection

supersize75k5

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So on my lmm duramax my front end is junk already:doah: no idea why :popcorn:

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Yes I abuse the truck, but I am realistic about it.

I want to do a sas on this , like I have my other trucks and very well may do it in 6 months or 2 years but for now I have too many projects and too little time to want to hassle with it. I also have not decided if I am going to even keep the truck or get a long bed or maybe swap the frame to make it a long bed:doah: dunno.

So.. I am going to dump some money at the ifs for now being I am destroying tires and the shop can't get it aligned anymore.


First thoughts.. Uniball or ball joint? And why? Will the uniball die a early death if mud is introduced to the equation? I like the ease of replacement of the ball joint and could carry a spare.


-I am looking at both the Cognito and camburg upper control arms.



Next up is the idler and pitman arms and support pieces. I see moog problem solvers as a popular option, others say the oem gm stuff is the best. Input? Either way I will use the Cognito support brackets with it.

-super steering idler support? Worth it?

-For the tie rods there are a few options, fabtech, camburg and others?



For the lower I have been advised just to use the stock arm with a upgraded ball joint, synergy is the one I was recommended.


I don't really care what it cost I just want to do it right with a reasonable exspectation that the parts will last at least 20 thousand miles or so. My alignment is driving me nuts!



-shawn
 
Rockwells, 2" shafts and leave it parked in the driveway and it *might* have a chance :whistle:

I've heard nothing but good stuff about the Cognito parts.
 
UUUmmmmm.....

Did anyone say SAS yet.:D

Sorry, but you know your gonna hear it. We have seen your thread(s). I thought the cognito stuff was semi bullet proof, at least on my duramax, I figure it would get YOU the 6mo to 2yr mark. Heard good stuff on it, whats the hesitation.I know they have developed it for the desert support/chase trucks and while not seeing the abuse of full race rigs, they are still out there getting beat.
 
Nooooo sas! I'd rather waste the money on ifs right now than take on another project I also do not want the truck any taller.
 
38377k5 said:
So what did you do to it to break it in the above picture?
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I drove it down a little ol dirt road:dunno:

Now prior to that... It may have been jumpd around mount lemon on a caving trip, slid around a corner or too And bounced through a wash..or two or three. Buried up to the bumper a few times, dragged through the mud pit..maybe once with a trailer ..things like that ?
 
I would really like to see the pic in the first post but without the busted balljoint. Its a good looking truck and looks even better with the instagram thing going on.
 
I have been doing a ton of reading on different kits for these trucks as I want to use my Sierra as a chase truck. I'm kind of in the same boat of not wanting to mess with the track width but wanting to ditch the torsion bars. I only want to lift the front about 4" or so to level the truck out and fit in some 315/75r17s.

So far, I have not found a 2500hd kit that does that though. I'll probably wind up doing a 6" lift cranked down to 4" for like stock suspension / cv angles and just deal with constantly changing front end components as they wear out.
 
Deuling said:
:pimp: I think fab tech has them for your model as well...
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I had dinner at last years sema show with the owner of fabtech. He said in 2012 they were moving 50% of their production to china. and by 2014 the other 50% will be there too. the only thing in the US would be the call center, shipping warehouse, and R&D Development.
 
ion said:
I had dinner at last years sema show with the owner of fabtech. He said in 2012 they were moving 50% of their production to china. and by 2014 the other 50% will be there too. the only thing in the US would be the call center, shipping warehouse, and R&D Development.
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Well fock them then :doah:
 
Deuling said:
Well fock them then :doah:
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well it's not a matter of fock them, well it is to an extent, Fabtech used to make some of the best lift kits out there hands down. But that was 10+ years ago when it was a small shop, not a multi-million dollar company. As they've grown they have gotten worse. The owner is a really cool dude, but I have no respect for him especially after he said that. After dinner was over, and we were all went to a bar at the Hilton and got toasted beyond belief I told him since he is moving production to china I hop that he fails and goes out of business. The off road market is not a place to skimp on quality, and that is just what they are doing.

Look at Rubicon Express when they went over-seas to manufacture, now you hardly see anyone praising them like they used to, and even worse is that they got bought up by 4wheelparts.
 
I have the moogs on my dmax holding up for more than a year, but that about a week your time. Its not the idler arms its the inners that I can't seem to keep on mine. But I'm getting good at changing them.
 
the inner tie rods on gm ifs of the 99-up body style are basicly inner tie rod's for rack and pinion style just changed a bit.

go get the beefy cognito upgrade kit and dont look back.
 
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