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I know I'm just a newbe to this site, but I really want to pull my 01 reg. cab. I have competed in off road truck dragraces, basically it's held in an arena with very uneven dirt and you stage up and dragrace other trucks for about a hundred yards or so. My 01 ownes all who show up. The problem is one of my friends has an 02 ccsb, it had a juice and exhaust, and while he was staging against me his tie rod end snapped and sent him into a dirt bank. The truck only had 4,000 miles on it. GM said no on warranty, abuse they claimed.
This has got me worried. I pulled 1 time last year in an 8,000 pound open class (my truck weighs 6700#s). I didn't put any weight in it cause I figured the extra weight broke his truck. You can imagine how I did, 196 feet and lots of tire spin. I really want to be competitive but don't trust the 1/2 ton tierod that's on my truck.
I've read a few posts here that talk about strapping the tierod but I'm not sure where the strap should go or how a strap would stop it from breaking. Can't I just drop the torsion bars all the way down? I also would like information about blocking the suspension, should it be blocked all the way up in the rear or stock height?? What about a hitch, drop, raised, or straight? How do I make the front end hold up? I'm making a weight bracket for the front to run in heavier classes, if the front end will hold up that is.
Any information would be helpful.
Thanks.
This has got me worried. I pulled 1 time last year in an 8,000 pound open class (my truck weighs 6700#s). I didn't put any weight in it cause I figured the extra weight broke his truck. You can imagine how I did, 196 feet and lots of tire spin. I really want to be competitive but don't trust the 1/2 ton tierod that's on my truck.
I've read a few posts here that talk about strapping the tierod but I'm not sure where the strap should go or how a strap would stop it from breaking. Can't I just drop the torsion bars all the way down? I also would like information about blocking the suspension, should it be blocked all the way up in the rear or stock height?? What about a hitch, drop, raised, or straight? How do I make the front end hold up? I'm making a weight bracket for the front to run in heavier classes, if the front end will hold up that is.
Any information would be helpful.
Thanks.