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That's fine, I did and found when a single rod came off the bushing, it CRUSHED the brake line leading to loss of brake fluid. Good thing it was noticed backing into my pole barn rather than on a highway. Bettter now than trying to stop on a highway behind a toyota.Personaly i have never had anything close to a rim or torque rod faill. I think i have heard of 1 or 2 rods fail, non catastrofic as they where off road twisting the truck up. I think you would be better off finding a economical cure to duramax injectors or 6.0 head gaskets
Well That was a great help considering I was talking abut the design. THANKS buddy.Did you inspect the torque rod for cracks prior to driving over the gopher hole ? ever auto and truck maker has had recall
ever now and then mass produced parts have a few defective ones pass through . And for such a "minty condition truck you sure are having alot of problems .
And you're posting drunk. be careful porky!Did you inspect the torque rod for cracks prior to driving over the gopher hole ? ever auto and truck maker has had recall
ever now and then mass produced parts have a few defective ones pass through . And for such a "minty condition truck you sure are having alot of problems .
I BELIEVE the off road capability of the system for the Military trumped the very limited potential of a torque rod failure.Suppose I was an engineer? I've built a lot of things, the design is non-redundant. Doesn't take an idiot to see that. One failure leads to catastrophic failure of your brake lines leading to death or injury.
Paranoid enough to understand you have access enough to change my sig line, which you have. So you have access to everything I post on this site. My IP even. Paranoid? No, realistic.
Already did. And the line would probably be served ABOVE the axle rather than tetherd behind it, just waiting for the leaf spring to slam into it once the torque rod fails/breaks/comes off bushing.Start a thread with pictures of the problem (what you saw) and include how you "re-designed" it (moved the line to a better spot) That way it could be a good upgrade to the rest of us.![]()
You want ten grand for a POS truck designed and built by the lowest bidder that you admit is full of design flaws?Okay. Just bring a check for 10,000 dollars and we have a deal.
It was asked if I had a pic. I did and provided it. Why the obvious animosity from a couple of you guys?And this is why the proper forum etiquette is, to continue a thread(especially your own) on the very same topic, so as to not need to repeat everything .
The design didn't depend on one single component. Don't try to play games. I made myself clear. It seems you two are trying to make me resort to yelling, screaming and posting bad words. Sorry drill instructors, just stating the facts of the matter. It's the reversed strut with o security on the ends. It's not secured but in the middle. One failure of a rod leads to catastrophic failure.The torque rod(strut) design and use has been around since the first truck suspension design and still in use today, the failure of a torque rod and causing a catastrophic failure is NOT the fault of the torque rod design, yes the brake line might need to be moved. WE are talking about TWO different things here, DESIGN OF THE TORQUE ROD and PLACEMENT of brake lines, NOTHING WRONG with the torque rod design