Two of my friends wanted me to go film them doing some hill climbs on their dirt bikes and put it on youtube later:rolleyes:. After a few hours of wasting film, i decided to try the hill with my truck:cool:. Got in my truck, started it up, kicked in 4hi and launched it from around 1500 rpms. Stayed still for a bit until tires got traction then went zooming up the hill. Got up the first time no problem and decided to to it again. As i was going back down the hill i heard some rubbing but thought nothing of it, thinking it was just the dirt rubbing on the frame. Second time up, i launched it a bit lighter but hit it hard going up the hill. Thats when the s**t hit the fan. The 3" to 4" adapter came off of the cat, hit the ground, and starting compacting sand and dirt down the pipe:eek:. When i made it up, one of the guys flagged me down and told me to stop. "Your entire muffler came off!!!" He said. Looking closer at it, i saw that the pipe had wedged itself in between the leaf spring and the frame... We had to back the truck up so the right rear tire was almost off the ground in order to get the pipes out. Once we did, we had to get all the cooked sand and dirt out from inside of it. Then I tried it again with out the pipes:rolleyes:. Nothing broke on that run. Got back to the shop and bolted it back on...this time with a friggin impact wrench.

Put this on youtube instead of the bikes.. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hp1gUJWHFGM


Note: The last run was put second and the second run was put last to keep the sequence consistent.

sounds like a wild ride...at least you were able to fix the problem though

wow that sucks but the hill climbing looked like fun!

You're lucky! When that happened to me in my '94 gasser, the pipe ended up wrapped around the rear axle. destroyed. wedged like no tomorrow. needless to say, I have a "sport truck" exhaust on it now. Little shortie that exits just behind the cab. just built it with pieces that I could salvage from the destroyed tail pipe. turned out alright.

Your cameraman needs to find a little bit safer angles....:D

breaking it in the right way, eh??? :p:

shoulda left it off, straight pipe sounds better.... :D:D:D:D:D

Stack,frontend parts will be next tires flexing in when you stand on and thats only in sand. Black tops will cost you if not carful

That was a cool video....

Sounded good...

Oh well, could have been worse...

Side note- It's always been a rule of ours to stay away from the guy trying to ride MX in jeans. At least he had boots on. :D

DUDE you NEED TE ROD SLEAVES!!!!!!!!



and yeah the basie slip on band clamp are easy to pull off;)

Was it just me, or do you have the winter front on?

Maybe it was cold there. Mine's been on for a month already. Too bad the sun dosent exist up here for like 6 months during the winter months though.

Maybe it was cold there. Mine's been on for a month already. Too bad the sun dosent exist up here for like 6 months during the winter months though.

Im with you here.....dads had it on for about the same too.

Might as well get that stack you wanted now......less clamps to fall off.;)

Stack,frontend parts will be next tires flexing in when you stand on and thats only in sand. Black tops will cost you if not carful

What parts come next? I plan on doing the front end.

DUDE you NEED TE ROD SLEAVES!!!!!!!!



and yeah the basie slip on band clamp are easy to pull off;)

Already got sleeves, check sig.

Maybe it was cold there. Mine's been on for a month already. Too bad the sun dosent exist up here for like 6 months during the winter months though.

Pretty cold for this area, hit 13 two days ago. Record around here.

Already got sleeves, check sig.
weather they are on or not you are bending something in your steering.

tie rod
center link
pitnam arm/idler arm

somehting is bending ecause you are pigeon toeing the truck;) whatch you clip on the first run starting about 10second into it

pitman and idler arms look like there twisting
do u have cognito braces ?

weather they are on or not you are bending something in your steering.

tie rod
center link
pitnam arm/idler arm

somehting is bending ecause you are pigeon toeing the truck;) whatch you clip on the first run starting about 10second into it

Ya i saw that. like i said i do have sleeves but still plan to upgrade the entire steering system.

pitman and idler arms look like there twisting
do u have cognito braces ?

No, how much to those run?

No, how much to those run?
http://cognitomotorsports.com/store/page12.html 200-220$

http://cognitomotorsports.com/store/page12.html 200-220$

How hard is it to install? What else would i need?

If you have been doing that hill climbing a fair amount your pitman/idler arms are already shot. Plan on replacing them too because simply bolting on cognito braces wont fix worn out parts.

If you have been doing that hill climbing a fair amount your pitman/idler arms are already shot. Plan on replacing them too because simply bolting on cognito braces wont fix worn out parts.

Those three time were my only times. Are there aftermarket arms or do i have to go with the stock ones?

Killer video. Hope your buddy has life insurance though.:eek: