sway bar rubbing..

[buddy]

I remember when I ordered the H2 in Mar02, the standard tires were 285's with 4:10 gearing, 35's was an option at that time. Later, GM decided to go with the 35's as standard. It would have been nice to change the gearing too, maybe 4:30's or 4:56 with the 35's.

I've had no mechanical problems running the 37's. They are 22 lbs heavier than stock tires mounted on stock rims. The extra weight is noticeable and does takes some getting adjusted to. Fact is the H2 is already a heavy vehicle, and the 37's will just make it feel heavier and slower responding than the 35's. Maybe not for everyone.

The H2 was designed using GM "off the shelf parts", front A-arms, torsion bars, ball joints, CV joints are from the 3/4 HD PU, tie rods, right? All these parts should be strong enough to support the use of 35's and 37's. There are plenty of lifted 3/4 GM PU's running around on 38's. Of course they don't weigh 6400 lbs either.

I agree, the tie-rods are a weak link. Everyone who's crawled under the H2, probably shook their heads when seeing the tie rod linkage and lower A-arms. They don't look like "A Rock"...but it's the first year.