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2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Sat Apr 23, 2016 12:00 am

Just ordered a set of these... Damn they weren't cheap

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2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Sun May 01, 2016 11:17 am

https://vimeo.com/164897206 test and tune session went great super happy with the fronts

This truck was chasing down raptors Saturday and loving it. Can't wait to finish the rear

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nts007 · Post by **nts007** » Sun May 01, 2016 11:52 am

Are they steel? That would help. Gonna look sweet. Thread lock the shit outta those bolts though. I've heard enough guys talk about em coming loose over time

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Sun May 01, 2016 9:19 pm

What the bead locks? Ya I believe thread locker is manditory for bead locks

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2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Sun May 01, 2016 9:21 pm

http://youtu.be/ttEP6u47XDw

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nts007 · Post by **nts007** » Sun May 01, 2016 9:38 pm

2wagons1driveway wrote:What the bead locks? Ya I believe thread locker is manditory for bead locks

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Yes. I know you know but so many idiots out there ruin it for the rest of us. Can't wait to see how they look on your rig

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Sun May 01, 2016 11:18 pm

Ya man true well i don't even know if there is anything in writing in Canada saying they are illegal for street use they arnt DOT legal but we don't really have a DOT in Canada lol

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nts007 · Post by **nts007** » Mon May 02, 2016 12:19 am

Tell that to the mermaid that pulls me over when I'm hauling the excavator.

Black Pearl · Post by **Black Pearl** » Mon May 02, 2016 8:24 am

That vid is just unreal.
Great set up and epic sound.

Will · Post by **Will** » Mon May 02, 2016 9:07 am

Lee, I thought about you hitting that ditch Saturday night, I hit one myself. Was in a place I'd never been before and crossed a deep wash out going in rather slow. On the way out, I crossed one and thought it was the bad one so I picked up some speed. I looked up ahead and was thinking oh shit, was too close to stop, and didn't think it was the bad one so I hit the gas to hopefully get going fast enough to go over it. That was a bad move on my part, it was the bad one. BAM! It hit so hard that the rubber piece in the bottom of the intent on the top of the dash popped out and was in the floor and the rear driver seat was flipped in the up position! I pictured the worst, bent axle, busted rims, something. Got out and looked everything over and it's all good. I've been checking and it drives fine, nothing looks out of place. Tires dont have bulges in the sidewalls or anything, tracks straight on the hwy I got lucky! I'm definitely going to have to get some taller coils to get some more up travel clearance, if it weren't for the boogies and Kings, that would have broken some shit.

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Mon May 02, 2016 5:49 pm

Will wrote:Lee, I thought about you hitting that ditch Saturday night, I hit one myself. Was in a place I'd never been before and crossed a deep wash out going in rather slow. On the way out, I crossed one and thought it was the bad one so I picked up some speed. I looked up ahead and was thinking oh shit, was too close to stop, and didn't think it was the bad one so I hit the gas to hopefully get going fast enough to go over it. That was a bad move on my part, it was the bad one. BAM! It hit so hard that the rubber piece in the bottom of the intent on the top of the dash popped out and was in the floor and the rear driver seat was flipped in the up position! I pictured the worst, bent axle, busted rims, something. Got out and looked everything over and it's all good. I've been checking and it drives fine, nothing looks out of place. Tires dont have bulges in the sidewalls or anything, tracks straight on the hwy I got lucky! I'm definitely going to have to get some taller coils to get some more up travel clearance, if it weren't for the boogies and Kings, that would have broken some shit.

see man you need a truss!!!! I strongly urge you to get one and have it installed you won't miss the ground clearance truss me <<< lol

Good ball joints and a truss and that dash piece pops out all the time in my truck lol well only on really big air outs with the new Thuren tuned kings in there she hasn't popped out yet!!

And I can carry a pretty decent speed over some pretty nasty hits! http://youtu.be/8tAsn0Az2FM

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Will · Post by **Will** » Mon May 02, 2016 7:00 pm

I think it's too late...I didn't see anything obvious but now I see the passenger front has a negative camber now...

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Mon May 02, 2016 10:02 pm

Will wrote:I think it's too late...I didn't see anything obvious but now I see the passenger front has a negative camber now...

get under there and check out the plug welds probably four make sure none have moved or are visiblely out of the housing... Also check to see if any oil
Has made it's way out there yet... Better send it to Carli suspension! They can actually straighten it and truss it afterwards.... There is an article on dtx on how to straighten it looks alittle bananas but fuck it's worked on one or two trucks- involved large jacks a lot of steel and a lot of chain- THEY DO have a CERTAIN amount of camber tho so don't be too freaked out you may actually just have a ball joint out buddy!!

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nts007 · Post by **nts007** » Mon May 02, 2016 10:33 pm

Will!!

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue May 03, 2016 7:06 am

I'll take a closer look and do some measuring soon, maybe this weekend, freaking working and building a house has it hard to find time to even change my oil right now. And the one time I decided to take a break...

I have no gear oil leaking, axle tubes look OK but haven't truly measured yet. I have less than 9000 miles on new Dynatracks, it doesn't drive like a ball joint exploded. It really looks like the camber came from the C yokes and not the axle just eyeballing it. I guess it's possible the upper and lower arms bent a little. The steering does feel a little tighter now, it tracks fine on the road though. If it'll just hang together little longer, all this will be upgraded.

What's the difference between Carli and Artec trusses? Other than one cost twice as much as the other?

Colibri · Post by **Colibri** » Tue May 03, 2016 9:56 am

The difference is - get a thuren truss lol. But seriously, artec isn't that substantial and Carli is substantial but robs too much ground clearance. Thuren tube truss is by far the strongest and lowest profiled truss you can do. I've bent and broken a Carli trussed axle and an almost identical hit a plated in Thuren truss laughed off.

Black Pearl · Post by **Black Pearl** » Tue May 03, 2016 10:15 am

Oh man i hope i did not do the same thing Will. Mine was not a ditch just a big speed bump. I don't think that it did not do any damage. No dash parts came up but a rear seat did come up about half way. No obvious bending, fluids or negative camber that i can tell. Truck does not seem to pull or anything.
On a farm field dirt road in strawberry fields. Moving along pretty good and did not see the sped bump until last second. Hope the kings and Thuren parts took it well. I feel like such a dumb ass bc I do have a Thuren truss but have not had it installed. Ran out of money will the shocks and other parts..

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Tue May 03, 2016 12:18 pm

Take a pic from the front will and compare. Lol also spin your wheel. You just did wheel bearings to right? I dunno kens truck saw a lot of shit before it came apart totally but still...

Deffinatly a Thuren truss it's cheap and the design is better it's a pain to put on compared to Carli one BUT it is strong and less complex- steel is strong in tension and that's thurens design the tube is loaded from one knuckle to the diff then pre loaded to the pass knuckle so the tube is in tension constantly pulling downward to keep any stresses from pushing up. For 350$ plus the install (patton fabrication is where I would go for sure to have it done) which is like 400$ I think? Well worth it then your front end will be pretty Boogie proof will lol

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2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Tue May 03, 2016 12:22 pm

On a side note: my rear atlas leafs move the axle alittle further back than factory about 1/2" so my rear boogies have been taking a shit kicking on there back side (they are as far back as they can go currently) and one has started to split possibly from when I hit that ditch lol it hasn't split a lot just a bit tho.... So I will be making a plate for them to better distribute load like the fronts have.

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Will · Post by **Will** » Wed May 04, 2016 6:20 pm

I should have went to stage 6 and trussed everything from the beginning...

Black Pearl · Post by **Black Pearl** » Wed May 04, 2016 9:10 pm

I know! Im going to Mercenary next week to talk to Todd about putting my truss on.

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Wed May 04, 2016 11:04 pm

Valving stacks are cheap! And ya truss is a must. Pretty wild what a good shock and tune can do for these bitches.

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Will · Post by **Will** » Fri May 06, 2016 6:21 pm

It's bent on both sides, not leaking, no visible signs where the tubes meet the housing but I jacked the tires up and spun them and its obvious. Axles are rubbing the tubes and the wheels are harder to turn than usual...

Colibri · Post by **Colibri** » Fri May 06, 2016 6:30 pm

Shit. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you can straighten it out and lock it down with a truss.

2wagons1driveway · Post by **2wagons1driveway** » Fri May 06, 2016 6:40 pm

Colibri wrote:Shit. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you can straighten it out and lock it down with a truss.

Will wrote:It's bent on both sides, not leaking, no visible signs where the tubes meet the housing but I jacked the tires up and spun them and its obvious. Axles are rubbing the tubes and the wheels are harder to turn than usual...

.... Fuck .... Hit up dan Torino at Carli for info if they can straighten it a lot cheaper than a new one!!!

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