torsion bars for an inch, im rubbing!!!!!

[MONSTERMATT]

just put on my tera mud grapplers and moto metal rims 37x13.50r18 and they rub really loud on the right turns especially, im hoping the torsion bars cranked will solve this, do u guys think so? the rub is so loud and obnoxious that i gotta find a way to eliminate it and ill be thrilled, any suggestions?

[MONSTERMATT]

just put on my tera mud grapplers and moto metal rims 37x13.50r18 and they rub really loud on the right turns especially, im hoping the torsion bars cranked will solve this, do u guys think so? the rub is so loud and obnoxious that i gotta find a way to eliminate it and ill be thrilled, any suggestions?

[Humation]

Dude - had the same problem and it drove me nuts... Installed a 6" fabtec lift and solved the problem... Suggest you look into it - you wont be sorry.

[MONSTERMATT]

im hopin i can crank the torsions and that will solve it, i dont want to run the 6 inch and i need to fix the issue fast atleast while i gather funds and look into the lift if anybody knows of any thing i can do let me know please

[rodster]

You're rubbing on the plastic fender well liner, yes?

I don't know if you'll get enough lift out of the torsion bars. You might, you might not.

If you don't do the torsion bars and if you don't lift and if you must keep the tires and if you can't live with the noise, get a sharp knife and cut the plastic where you see rub marks.

If you don't, eventually your tires will wear holes in the plastic and then you'll have edges of plastic ratcheting on your tire lugs.

Ever clothespin a playing card to your bike when you were a kid? It's kinda like that only much louder and a much deeper tone. People will jump when you turn near them in a parking lot.

[MUH_HUM]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">People will jump when you turn near them in a parking lot. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Why, yes. Yes they do. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

37x13.50 mud grapplers....

[rodster]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MUH_HUM:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">People will jump when you turn near them in a parking lot. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Why, yes. Yes they do. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

37x13.50 mud grapplers.... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

'Tis true. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

37x13.50 Toyo MTs....

[MONSTERMATT]

u might think im stupid, and maybe iam lol, but im not sure the backspacing , my mechanic cranked the torsaion bars today but he said only a little bit cuz it would make the truck too stiff, anyway they still rub and iam almost embrassed when i pull into a store or gas station , he said if they still rub he would do some trimming and that would solve the issue , i sure hope so cuz the truck looks awesome i just gotta solve this issue than ill be happy

[Boss Hoss]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MONSTERMATT:
i sure hope so cuz the truck looks awesome i just gotta solve this issue than ill be happy </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

All this talk an no proof...wheres the pics http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

[MONSTERMATT]

ill get the pics on here i gotta fire up the digi cam and ill even post some of my girl in her x-mas lingerie i got her just give me a couple days , i have gotten several compliments already, but the girl hates the noise from the grapplers and says the moto metals are too bling, but it makes me feel better cuz if she dosent like it than i know for a fact it RULES!!!!

[Dan]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MONSTERMATT:
...and ill even post some of my girl in her x-mas lingerie i got her just give me a couple days ,... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Still waiting! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

I +5'ed my torsion bars this weekend and I didn't notice any difference in the ride. The alignment change made for a fun ride to the dealer this AM in the snow though! All over the place... http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

Truck sits much more level now. I like it! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[MONSTERMATT]

i wanna wait till the sun comes out and ill take the pics

[TXSUT]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MONSTERMATT:
i wanna wait till the sun comes out and ill take the pics </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

With all your questions we've had to put up with, I'm warning you, these better be good!

http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[PARAGON]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MONSTERMATT:
i wanna wait till the sun comes out and ill take the pics </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Well, it's not raining now. The sun is up, clouds diffuse the direct light..... now is the best picture taking time. If you can find your H2 to photograph.

[Boss Hoss]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by TXSUT:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MONSTERMATT:
i wanna wait till the sun comes out and ill take the pics </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

With all your questions we've had to put up with, I'm warning you, these better be good!

http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

x2

[MONSTERMATT]

patience, my friends , patience

[Dan]

Post the damn xmas lingerie already! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[KenP]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Dan:
Post the damn xmas lingerie already! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>X2 http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

Get out the clippers and start chopping on the inner fender well.

[Longhorn]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> wanna wait till the sun comes out and ill take the pics </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I bet Matt a box full of shiny nickels that he was a dreamer a while back. Lets see if makes with the shots.

My guess is, he may actually have an H2 but given his comprehension of the English language, the directions that came with his digital camera may present all sorts of trouble. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

We'll see. . .

Matt fail English? Thats Unpossible!

[MONSTERMATT]

yeah i could have used a BITCH like longhorn to proofread my papers

[PARAGON]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MONSTERMATT:
yeah i could have used a BITCH like longhorn to proofread my papers </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Ha ha ha.... that is so unfunny. Are you eleventeen?

[Dan]

Okay, the service guy at the dealer called and said my truck is ready. In a handful of things they did, they replaced the idler arm. I asked if they did an alignment and he said "Yeah, we adjusted the toe".

When you crank the torsion bars, is it the toe that goes out? Does the toe adjustment fix whatever goes out of alignment when cranking the torsion bars? Or should they have done a full alignment?

[PARAGON]

Camber is something else that changes if you adjusted the torsion bars. If they didn't do a full alignment, I would get one.

[Dan]

Thanks guys. I told the service writer when I brought it in that if they didn't replace anything on the front end and do an alignment, I still needed one anyway.

I'll have to take a look at the paperwork when I get there. I have a bad feeling that they didn't do what I wanted....

[Longhorn]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> yeah i could have used a BITCH like longhorn to proofread my papers </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Mattilda, the whole post was meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

Then you got yourself all worked up and typed out some convoluted nonsense on your keyboard with those thick greasy sausages you call fingers. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Perhaps you can put the $10 I "owe" you toward the fees for your GED completion. Just a thought. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

monsterMatt ,fail? Englishe? Thats' Unpossible!

[Dan]

Just got off the phone with them. They did toe only. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif Now they're going to try to "squeeze it in" before I show up later today.

Also, if any of you have Techline, can you look up the TSB titled "100 RPM Drop" and post the info? I need to give that to them since they didn't fix that either. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

[Dan]

All set now. I pestered them to do a full alignment and the caster & camber were off quite a bit. Bastids charged me $110 for it though. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

They "updated the transmission program" which seems to have solved the 100rpm drop issue.

VTSTOMPER - sure enough, it was the wiring boots in the door jamb causing the leak. They RTV'ed them.

New DRLs, new mirrors (05's http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif), and new front diff seals. I should be OK for a while now. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[PARAGON]

Alignments are not covered under warranty.

Good thing you got the alignment, caster being off isn't good and wasn't caused by the torsion bar adjustments.

[Dan]

Yeah, I know! It was off fairly significantly too. If the center gap is the acceptable zone, the "^" is about how far off it was.

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Yeah, warranty doesn't cover alignment but I was hoping they'd throw it in since they replaced the idler. No biggie.

[KenP]

Now you're all set to bang it out of alignment in the Rock Swamp. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[ROX]

Wow. Monstermatt, if you got the wheels I think you got, pleaze post a pic!
I gotta see em! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif