[kink2227]

Tonight i was messing around with a friend on the highway and i steped on the gas and snapped my u-joint,broke the yoke,bent the driveshaft,and the trany makes a bad noise too....idk if its because the drive shaft is not in it tho..?? my problem is i have a mono leaf set up bagged with a 4 inch angled block... i think this happend because of the pinion angle being off... is there a way to fix this with the mono leaf setup so its not so bad... if not i am going to just get a 4-link so i can adjust the pinion angle so it will be right...i am looking at this one from SD looks like most of it bolts on except on to the axle... with this 4link will i have to take my bed off to install it???? sorry for the long post... here is a picture of the 4 link i want... if anyone has one of these let me know how they work... thank you very much .....

 

[cruisinlows10]

IMO...get a 4 link and do it right....

 

[cruisinlows10]

but with that 4 link you will loose your stock gas tank

 

[kink2227]

i already have a fuel cell

 

[cruisinlows10]

ahh. if you got a fuel cell allready i would step up to a link set up but thats just me. and i think they make the lower bars that bolt to the axle now too.

 

[sadexcuse4s10]

uh, my guess is the following

1. If your s10 has the stock motor, 100 mph is highly unlikely, and there's no way in hell I'd want to ride in a bagged truck going that fast

2. If you have a monoleaf setup and are travelling at 100 mph, you're very lucky that it's just the driveshaft/U joint that failed, and that you didn't hit a pothole and bounce off the road completely and kill a buss full of nuns

I doubt it's the monoleaf setup that tore out your U joint, I'm betting that it was replaced before incorrectly, or your driveshaft rubs the bottom of the cab and that it wore the bearings out enough to break the endcaps of the U joint itself

 

[cruisinlows10]

im scattered brained cant get it all in the same post...you asked if youd have to take your bed off, If you still have your stock gas tank X member in place you will have to take the bed off. Having the bed off when you move those leaf spring perches is almost a must too. gues you could do it with it on but it would be a royal pain

 

[kink2227]

yeah i saw that on there... does any one know if i have to take the bed off to do it ????

 

[Droppedime08]

Yes you do, but beds are no big deal. Very easy to take off

 

[kink2227]

o it does... how come.. it kinda looked like it wouldnt have to come off

 

[cruisinlows10]

it has to come off so you can remove the rivets out of the stock gas tank x member and there are also rivets in the leaf spring perches you have to remove too. you have to move the perches rearward

 

[SimplyUnique]

and there's no way in hell I'd want to ride in a bagged truck going that fast

Why's that?

 

[Bad-S]

Why's that?

yea seriously why not?


and that 4 link is bad ass. i have one sittin here next to me. im very impressed with it.

 

[PQ'S88DOOREDDIME]

Why's that?

I beleIve hes talkIng about the bad boat motIon some s10's get. For some reason Ive only notIced thIs on s10's.

 

[Southern]

Tonight i was messing around with a friend on the highway and i steped on the gas and snapped my u-joint,broke the yoke,bent the driveshaft,and the trany makes a bad noise too....idk if its because the drive shaft is not in it tho..?? my problem is i have a mono leaf set up bagged with a 4 inch angled block... i think this happend because of the pinion angle being off... is there a way to fix this with the mono leaf setup so its not so bad... if not i am going to just get a 4-link so i can adjust the pinion angle so it will be right...i am looking at this one from SD looks like most of it bolts on except on to the axle... with this 4link will i have to take my bed off to install it???? sorry for the long post... here is a picture of the 4 link i want... if anyone has one of these let me know how they work... thank you very much .....

Yes, take the bed off. It's not that big of a deal.

When was the last time you changed your u-joints anyhow?

 

[JACKEL]

Why's that?

Agreed. Why is that?

I thought I remember reading somewhere the ART holds the landspeed record for a vehicle on air ride or something to that effect.

 

[Southern]

Agreed. Why is that?

I thought I remember reading somewhere the ART holds the landspeed record for a vehicle on air ride or something to that effect.

Not with a stock s-10 on mono leafs

 

[JACKEL]

Not with a stock s-10 on mono leafs

Well yeah I know that but what I was getting at is that if done correctly, and of course if the S10 could actually get to 100mph, then why wouldn't it be safe to do?

What I'm trying to say is that air ride can be made safe a perform well even at high speeds. If done right.

 

[Southern]

Well yeah I know that but what I was getting at is that if done correctly, and of course if the S10 could actually get to 100mph, then why wouldn't it be safe to do?

What I'm trying to say is that air ride can be made safe a perform well even at high speeds. If done right.

No doubt about that. But I've seen a lot 'ill' installed mono leaf bag setups.

 

[SimplyUnique]

I beleIve hes talkIng about the bad boat motIon some s10's get. For some reason Ive only notIced thIs on s10's.

It's called shocks, I cant belive ppl still think its ok to drive without them.