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dmbrisket 51
12-13-2004, 11:52 PM
with the sand bags in the back of my truck for the winter, one behind each wheel well and one in the center at the tailgate, when i take them out i sit fine, but with them in my truck sags to the left bad, its noticed more in the front then the back, does that even make any sence?!?!? i noticed it most today under the truck when i changed the oil grese and flushed it, seams like somethings just not right, what could it be??
j.patelia
12-14-2004, 12:25 AM
I've heard about this in the past...something about weight balance and the tranny..didn't pay much attention to it though....
vtmecheng
12-14-2004, 06:45 AM
What is "a lot" to you? Also, how much do the sand bags weigh, some more heavy then others?
dmbrisket 51
12-14-2004, 03:34 PM
bags are 60 lbs eache, all the same weight, and a lot to me would be 2 ta 3 inches or so you can tell its not sitten right
BlazerLT
12-14-2004, 05:08 PM
dont' put the weigh behind the wheels. Put al weight immediately above the rear axle in the bed.
dmbrisket 51
12-14-2004, 08:39 PM
ive heard people both ways blazer the way that i look at it and it makes sence to me is, thing of the rear axel as a lever, like a teeder todder, whats easyer to push the teeder todder up, pushing right by the pivit point (the axil) or out at the end( the end of the bed)
BlazerLT
12-14-2004, 09:14 PM
Wrong, listen to me, I am not saying this for my own health.
With it the way you have it, every time you go over a bump or small hill in the road you will promoting the springs to hop and you will loose traction.
Put them over the axle as I said.
With it the way you have it, every time you go over a bump or small hill in the road you will promoting the springs to hop and you will loose traction.
Put them over the axle as I said.
dmbrisket 51
12-14-2004, 11:58 PM
i see what your sayen, and it makes sence ill move um up over the axil, but still why am i so uneven??
OverBoardProject
12-15-2004, 12:46 AM
Listen to BlazerLT when it comes to winter traction, he lives in the land of Ice storms, and some heavy snow falls.
I kinda think that you've got a weak, or possibly broken spring, allowing your truck to sag on 1 side.
I kinda think that you've got a weak, or possibly broken spring, allowing your truck to sag on 1 side.
BlazerLT
12-15-2004, 01:29 AM
Or just a bad shock.
Trust me on the winter thing, we already have two feet here.
God help me and my frozen Canadian ass.
Trust me on the winter thing, we already have two feet here.
God help me and my frozen Canadian ass.
movin2stereo
12-15-2004, 06:22 AM
The S10 lean?
OverBoardProject
12-15-2004, 11:52 AM
We only have about 3" of snow where I live, but I'm driving to Winnipeg just after new years, then flying to Quebec City.
My poor old B.C. Blood will soon be Ice Blood
My poor old B.C. Blood will soon be Ice Blood
BlazerLT
12-15-2004, 03:22 PM
Oh yea, BCer have it easy with the temperate climate buffered by the ocean.
OverBoardProject
12-15-2004, 07:02 PM
People from the southerrn states would think that I'm nuts, but I haven't even looked at my winter coat yet this year. I've only seen -6.c so far.
I live about 5 hours drive from the coast, so I see some cold days, and it doesn't rain that often
I live about 5 hours drive from the coast, so I see some cold days, and it doesn't rain that often
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