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The flat bed is alot heavier than the original bed. I'm going to be running 36s or 38s. If it is a problem I'll put a normal prop valve in. I'm also not running a sway bar it has a big cam and not much vacuum. it's not going to be driven on the street much. It's a toy I have plenty of other trucks if it turns out to not be very streetable.If you plan on running that truck empty on the street, you may want to put the proportioning valve you took out back in. Without it, your rear brakes may lock up sooner than they should (of course with bigger tires you may be able to "get away with it").
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To further flog the dead horse...The flat bed is alot heavier than the original bed. I'm going to be running 36s or 38s. If it is a problem I'll put a normal prop valve in. I'm also not running a sway bar it has a big cam and not much vacuum. it's not going to be driven on the street much. It's a toy I have plenty of other trucks if it turns out to not be very streetable.
If they are worn they will need to be replaced, however when I switched to 37's it still had death wobble (all new suspension and kingpin bushings, new kingpin springs, new steering stabilizer). I found that the larger, heavier tires required more kingpin spring pressure to control the load. A single, large 1/8" thick washer under each kingpin spring fixed the problem. (2 washers per side was too much pressure and didn't allow the steering to move freely.)Put the humvee tires back on that was on the truck when I got it. I think I need new kingpin bushings, as it drove very good with 31s on it, but not very well at all with the 37s. I felt some front end wobble on turns especially. Gotta hope for another somewhat warm day with no rain now.
Thank you very much. Great to hear this from someone who went through the same issue recently. I remember reading where you mentioned the washer but hadn't realized it took just that after everything else you had done.If they are worn they will need to be replaced, however when I switched to 37's it still had death wobble (all new suspension and kingpin bushings, new kingpin springs, new steering stabilizer). I found that the larger, heavier tires required more kingpin spring pressure to control the load. A single, large 1/8" thick washer under each kingpin spring fixed the problem. (2 washers per side was too much pressure and didn't allow the steering to move freely.)
Yup. No problem! And I had never had any death wobble until after installing 37's. So if worn parts aren't the problem the washer will fix it.Thank you very much. Great to hear this from someone who went through the same issue recently. I remember reading where you mentioned the washer but hadn't realized it took just that after everything else you had done.
Well, I want to put new kingpin bushings in anyway as I doubt it's ever been done. The washer is going in during assembly.Yup. No problem! And I had never had any death wobble until after installing 37's. So if worn parts aren't the problem the washer will fix it.
That is a good call. Might as well run your differential vents just as high.Re-routed the transmission and transfer case vent lines to high on the firewall to keep water out.
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Pretty much. Ha ha.How deep of water do you plan on going thru?
That deep?
Yup, they are both run up high. Straight from the military auction the front diff vent was run up by the top of the coolant overflow. And I ran the rear diff vent up to above and behind the driver side tail light a few years ago.That is a good call. Might as well run your differential vents just as high.
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