After two days of driving it the first “feature” presented itself.
I’ve had it from 0-50mph perfectly smooth. No vibration. Coming up a hill about an hour ago I was at 35-40mph under load like 6psi boost and I hit this string of ruts that caused death rattle. It didn’t stop until I almost brought it down to a stop. If you ever experienced it, it’s violent. Makes you hope everything stays together in one piece.
Here’s what I’m thinking:
This truck is a road driver and worker, not an off roader. I want to take it all over the country.
It’s a ball joint D60 front sterling 10.25 rear.
The truck probably has 4” suspension lift in the front via leafs and it’s on blocks in the rear. I can order factory front leaf springs, remove the blocks in the rear and that should take it down to factory height. I can rebuild the front axle, tie rod ends, ball joints, do ujoints and seals while I’m messing with it, check the track bar ends. Remove the drop steering arm and replace with factory. Then replace the wheels and tires with 33” all terrains that are street focused.
This has been on my mind but I didn’t have a reason to do it. Because everything worked fine. If you know me, I like working on cars and trucks more than driving them so I have to stop myself from taking things completely apart and improving and tinkering for fun. This was one of those things I was stopping myself.