Wyoming B.S. Thread

What?

 

I had my rev limiter raised to 6200 for a while. I think i hit the limiter once at that speed while at the drag strip. I know i was close to pushing 14-15psi. I got smart and put it back to stock. I usually never go above 5k/11psi.

 

What was your drift and what are you in the dark about...

 

Most likely Petska Fur. I sell coyotes and the occasional coon to them.

 

yeah looks like the trailer.

 

Sure they do.



Mine were destroyed when I took them off.

 

Yeah the rubber wears on them just a bad. My 5100s were toast. after 2 years.

So were yours, they certainly didn't look good.

I've never had an issue with my ADS heims or my MCM uniballs. But i sprayed the shit Mike had on mine ones..and they squeaked after that. Idk about that stuff...

I also have limit straps on Frank though.

 

The sleeves on Mikes weren't deformed either. It was the aluminum rod end. basically the same thing as the rubber.

 

So what I'm hearing here is, strap it before you scrap it. Simple enough, now to look into components for it.

 

Pretty sure the reason for heims isn't longevity, with race car/truck parts longevity is never the reason. But heims have a greater range of motion than steel set in rubber.

 

Hard to quantify this. All the time would include highway miles. Doesn;'t seen like it would be topping ou there. Yet it is obviously topping out enough to wear them out in 20K miles. I would guess from that, that the offroad travel is pretty hard on them

Yes. I think you need to strap your OMEs.

I start lubing them when the failure has occurred already. The lube stops the squeaking.

I would not get too high and mighty bucko. When the shock's lower rubber bushing fails, the only fix is to replace the entire shock. OEM, OME and Billies are not rebuildable. I will gladly accept this shortcoming on my Kings over those pieces of crap.

 

This is not true. Tim told me the aluminum rod ends were fine and did not require replacement. And the sleeves were not deformed either. Only the heim was replaced.

 

There's no rubber above the sleeves, the sleeves were essentially up against the top part of the mount.

This, and a more direct connection between the control arm and the shock. It would be silly to have rubber bushing on a performance shock.

Should be able to hear/feel when they top out.

 

What squeaked? The unibal or the lower heim? My uniballs when dry don't squeak. They do make a noise but it is way, way different from the lower heim failure squeak.

 

My lower heims occasionally make a click noise, usually when I disturb the truck after letting it sit for a long time.

 

Not that I am aware of, It certainly isn't a definite feel.

Are we still talking about just the lower shock mount? Or all heims? Rubber allows uncontrolled movement. It is to get rid of the lack of direct connection between the LCA and the shock.

Marc reported a 'clicking' noise when his lower heims were wearing out. It may be the same as what I refer to as a squeak.

 

ahh well that is what i though you were saying in Moab. Glad it wasn't! Rod ends suck to replace.

did you change your valving at all?

 

Yeah, I was saying that. I'm glad it turned out otherwise. Tim estimated in another 5K it would have required replacement of the rod end if I'd continued to run it that way.

 

damn. Well good call!

And did you change the valving?

 

No valving changes. Not sure what to change to improve it actually. Overall, I was very happy with the way they were working. Tho they had become a bit floaty on the highway. I assumed they might have lost some of the nitrogen charge.

Tim said the nitrogen was a little low but most notable was the oil. He said it was in bad shape. He said both of these things could combine to result in what I was feeling.

I'll know more after I get them back on.

It is interesting that the oil was wasted after only 30K. Might be an indication that resis are necessary on 1st gen applications. More oil capacity, better oil cooling wouldn't hurt to extend the life of the oil I guess.